Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a web service that provides on-demand virtual servers, called instances, to run applications and store data. Think of EC2 as renting computer space and processing power over the internet instead of owning physical servers. It allows users to quickly scale resources up or down based on their needs, offering flexibility, cost efficiency, and ease of management. EC2 is essential for deploying websites, applications, and services in the cloud without maintaining physical hardware.