Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform offered by Amazon.com. It provides a suite of cloud computing services that enable individuals, companies, and governments to build sophisticated applications and services without having to manage their own hardware and software infrastructure. AWS services include storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning, mobile development, and more.
For example, a company could use AWS services to create an application that allows customers to purchase products online. The company would use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to create virtual servers to host the application, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to store the data, and Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) to manage the flow of data between the application and the database.