AWS meanings and full forms
Find the full forms and usage contexts covered by our AWS guides. Choose a meaning that matches the subject of your text.
- Amazon Web ServicesAWS is a platform name rather than one particular server, database or application. A useful description names the service and workload. In a welding document, the same letters can instead identify the American Welding Society.Name the cloud service and its role before asking an AWS support or architecture question.
- American Welding SocietyHere, AWS identifies the organization rather than a welding process or Amazon's cloud platform. A reference to an AWS document should include the document designation and edition when those details matter. The abbreviation by itself is not a claim that a person is certified or a product meets a standard.Separate the organization, the referenced document and any specific credential claim.
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This page covers 2 currently published meanings of AWS. It is not an exhaustive list of every use. Suggest another documented meaning if the context you need is missing.