A cloud computing service that provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure.

"PaaS providers offer development tools, database management, and business analytics."

Amazon Simple Storage Service, a scalable cloud storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

"The company stored its backups on Amazon S3."

To make something appear in a physical form or bring into physical existence, often used in computing to refer to the process of creating a concrete instance of an abstract concept.

"In database systems, materializing a view involves creating a physical table that contains the result set of a query for performance optimization."

The operation of joining character strings end-to-end.

"In many programming languages, the '+' operator is used to concatenate strings."

A type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators.

"GUIs make it easier for non-technical users to interact with computer programs and devices."