Glossary
Definitions of the DynamoDB and DynoTable terms used throughout these docs. Many terms appear as a dotted underline in the docs — click one to see its definition inline.
- ACID transaction
- Learn the concept → In DynoTable →
- Activation deeplink
- In DynoTable →
- Adaptive capacity
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- Adjacency list
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- AI agent
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- Atomic counter
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- Attribute
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- AWS Bedrock
- In DynoTable →
- Batch operation
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- Capacity unit
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- Composite key
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- Condition expression
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- Denormalization
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- DynamoDB Stream
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- Entitlement
- In DynoTable →
- Eval
- Eventually consistent read
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- Exponential backoff
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- Expression attribute name
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- Expression attribute value
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- Expression Builder
- In DynoTable →
- Filter expression
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- Global Secondary Index (GSI)
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- Global tables
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- Hot partition
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- IAM Identity Center (SSO)
- In DynoTable →
- Item
- Item collection
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- Key overloading
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- LLM (large language model)
- Local Secondary Index (LSI)
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- Machine hash
- In DynoTable →
- Marshalling
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- MCP (Model Context Protocol)
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- MFA
- In DynoTable →
- NDJSON
- In DynoTable →
- OAuth 2.1
- OLAP (Online Analytical Processing)
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- OLTP (Online Transaction Processing)
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- On-demand capacity
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- Optimistic locking
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- Pagination
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- Parallel scan
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- PartiQL
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- Partition key
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- PKCE
- Point-in-time recovery (PITR)
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- Primary key
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- Profile
- In DynoTable →
- Projection
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- Projection expression
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- Prompt injection
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- Provisioned capacity
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- Query pattern
- In DynoTable →
- Quick View
- In DynoTable →
- Read-only mode
- In DynoTable →
- Reference count
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- Reindex
- In DynoTable →
- Reserved word
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- Return values
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- Seat
- In DynoTable →
- Single-table design
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- Singleton item
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- Smart Table
- In DynoTable →
- Sort key
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- Sparse index
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- Staging area
- In DynoTable →
- Strongly consistent read
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- Tab
- In DynoTable →
- Transaction
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- Trial
- In DynoTable →
- TTL (Time to Live)
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- Type attribute
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- Update expression
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- Workbench
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- Zero-padding
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