Region

Definitions

1. A geographic area containing multiple availability zones where cloud resources can be deployed. Choosing regions affects latency (closer to users = faster), data residency (GDPR may require EU regions), pricing, and available services. Major providers have 30+ regions globally.

   In plain English: A geographic location (like US East or Europe West) where you choose to run your cloud servers.

   Example: "Deploy to eu-west-1 for European customers and us-east-1 for North America — data sovereignty requires it."

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