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AWS Cloud Practitioner

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Comprehensive guide to Amazon Web Services covering cloud computing fundamentals, core services, infrastructure, pricing, and key concepts for the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.

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  1. 1What does AWS stand for?
    Amazon Web Services
  2. 2What type of company is AWS?
    A subsidiary of Amazon
  3. 3What does AWS provide?
    On-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs
  4. 4When was AWS founded as a web services company?
    July 2002
  5. 5When did AWS launch cloud computing services?
    March 2006
  6. 6Who is the CEO of AWS as of 2024?
    Matt Garman
  7. 7What was AWS's revenue in 2025?
    US$128.7 billion
  8. 8What was AWS's operating income in 2025?
    US$45.6 billion
  9. 9What is AWS's parent company?
    Amazon
  10. 10What is AWS's Autonomous System Number (ASN)?
    16509
  11. 11What billing model does AWS use?
    Metered, pay-as-you-go basis
  12. 12What is autoscaling?
    A process that allows clients to use more computing during high usage and scale down to reduce costs during low traffic
  13. 13What types of services does AWS provide?
    Networking, compute, storage, middleware, IoT, processing capacity, and software tools
  14. 14What does AWS free clients from managing?
    Managing, scaling, and patching hardware and operating systems
  15. 15What is Amazon EC2?
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, a foundational service providing virtual computers
  16. 16What does EC2 allow users to have?
    A virtual cluster of computers with extremely high availability
  17. 17How can EC2 be interacted with?
    Via REST APIs, CLI, or the AWS console
  18. 18What hardware do AWS virtual computers emulate?
    CPUs, GPUs, local/RAM memory, hard-disk/SSD storage
  19. 19What software comes pre-loaded on AWS virtual computers?
    Web servers, databases, and customer relationship management (CRM)
  20. 20How are AWS services delivered?
    Via a network of AWS server farms located throughout the world
  21. 21What factors determine AWS fees?
    Usage, hardware, operating system, software, networking features, availability, redundancy, security, and service options
  22. 22Can subscribers pay for a single virtual computer?
    Yes, or a dedicated physical computer, or clusters of either
  23. 23What security aspects does Amazon provide?
    Physical security of data centers
  24. 24What security aspects are the subscriber's responsibility?
    Account management, vulnerability scanning, patching
  25. 25How many global geographical regions does AWS operate from?
    38 regions (as of October 2025)
  26. 26How many regions does AWS have in North America?
    Nine regions
  27. 27What is AWS's market share for cloud infrastructure as of 2023 Q1?
    31%
  28. 28What is Microsoft Azure's market share?
    25%
  29. 29What is Google Cloud's market share?
    11%
  30. 30How many products and services does AWS comprise as of 2025?
    Over 200

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