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		pests on Aug 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AWS Icon Quiz Are you allowed to share the reasons for the different name prefixes?

malfist on Aug 31, 2023 [–]

AWS = things that are used with other things.

Amazon = things that can be used independently.

I.E, Amazon Simple Email Service, AWS CloudFormation

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