The KBY Lexicon

Load balancing distributes incoming traffic across multiple servers or resources so that no single resource is overwhelmed, improving availability, responsiveness and fault tolerance.

A concise definition of Microsoft 365 covering its plain and technical meaning, architecture, operational relevance, a worked example and a common misunderstanding.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is Amazon's on-demand cloud computing platform, offering compute, storage, database, networking and identity services billed by consumption.

TLS (Transport Layer Security) is the cryptographic protocol used to secure network communications; this entry defines the term, its handshake mechanics, common misconfigurations and safe verification practice.

A concise technical definition of Microsoft Azure covering its architecture, resource-management model, operational boundaries, a common misunderstanding, and related terminology.

A concise definition of firewalls as network security controls, covering plain-language meaning, technical filtering mechanisms, operational relevance, architectural relationships, a worked example, a common misunderstanding and related terms.

OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is a link-state interior gateway protocol that routers use to automatically compute and maintain shortest paths within a single autonomous system.

A concise technical definition of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), its relationship to TLS, and its operational role in securing network communications.

A concise technical definition of a VPN (virtual private network), covering its architecture, operational relevance, common misunderstandings and related terminology.

A concise technical definition of IPv4, the 32-bit addressing and packet-delivery protocol underlying most network-layer communication.

A concise technical definition of a VLAN (virtual local area network): what it is, how it segments a shared switch fabric into separate broadcast domains, and where its security limits lie.

BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is the path-vector routing protocol that autonomous systems use to advertise, filter and select routes to one another across the internet and large private networks.