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AZ-204 Flashcards

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Free flashcards for AZ-204 (Azure Developer Associate): flip each card to reveal the definition. Built from the AZ-204 glossary as a study aid, these are concept checks, not real exam questions.

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Azure Functions
A serverless, event-driven compute service that runs small pieces of code (triggered by HTTP, timers, queues and more) without managing servers.
Trigger
The event that starts an Azure Function, such as an HTTP request, a timer, or a new message on a queue.
Binding
A declarative connection between a Function and a service, used to pass data in or out without writing connection code.
App Service
A managed platform for hosting web apps and APIs, with features like deployment slots for staged releases.
Deployment slot
A live staging environment in App Service that lets you deploy and test, then swap into production with no downtime.
Container Apps
A serverless container service for running microservices and containerised apps without managing the underlying cluster.
Azure Container Instances
A service for running a single container quickly without orchestration; useful for simple or short-lived workloads.
Cosmos DB
A globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database with tunable consistency and low-latency access.
Consistency level
A Cosmos DB setting that trades off data freshness against latency and availability, from strong to eventual.
Partition key
The property Cosmos DB uses to distribute data across partitions; choosing it well is key to performance and scale.
Blob storage
Azure object storage for unstructured data such as files, images and backups, organised into containers.
Access tier
A Blob storage setting (hot, cool, archive) that trades storage cost against access cost and retrieval time.
SAS token
A Shared Access Signature: a time-limited, scoped token granting access to a storage resource without sharing the account key.
Microsoft Entra
Azure's identity service (formerly Azure Active Directory) used to authenticate users and applications.
Access token
A credential issued after authentication that an app presents to access a protected API or resource.
Key Vault
An Azure service for securely storing and accessing secrets, keys and certificates.
Managed Identity
An identity managed by Azure that lets a resource authenticate to other services without storing credentials in code.
API Management
A service to publish, secure, throttle and monitor APIs behind a single gateway.
Event Grid
A service for routing discrete events (such as a file uploaded) to handlers in an event-driven architecture.
Event Hubs
A high-throughput service for ingesting large streams of telemetry or event data.
Service Bus
An enterprise messaging service with queues and topics for reliably decoupling components.
Queue Storage
A simple, durable message queue for decoupling parts of an application.
Application Insights
An Azure Monitor feature that collects telemetry to monitor app performance and diagnose problems.
Azure Cache for Redis
An in-memory cache used to speed up applications by storing frequently accessed data.
CDN
A Content Delivery Network that caches content at edge locations to reduce latency for users.