The Amazon EC2 simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. Just as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) enables storage in the cloud, Amazon EC2 enables “compute” in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.
Q: What is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)?Īmazon EC2 is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud.