scalable
Able to grow
Scalable describes something that can be expanded or contracted to match demand.
The word dominates technology and business contexts: a scalable system handles growth without fundamental redesign; a scalable business model works whether you have ten customers or ten million.
The underlying idea is that size changes without breaking the essential structure.
We need a solution that's scalable across all our markets.
Able to bend freely
- modularMade of separable units
- configurableAble to be adjusted
- adjustableAble to be changed
- extensibleAble to be lengthened
customizable · portable · interoperable · versatile · reconfigurable · expandable · upgradable · future-proof
Atmospheric water vapor mass
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- platformRaised flat structure
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
distributed · modular · microservices · virtualization · containerization · clustering · parallel · datacenter
Processing rate over time
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- volumeAmount of space filled
- loadCarried weight or burden
processing · performance · resources · capability · handling · demand · traffic · workload
New business enterprise
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
operations · revenue · marketplace · sustainable · profitable · replicable · repeatable · lean
Increase in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- increaseGrowth in amount
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
enlargement · escalation · proliferation · surge · boom · upswing · accumulation · progression
flexible
Able to bend freely
- modularMade of separable units
- configurableAble to be adjusted
- adjustableAble to be changed
extensible · customizable · portable · interoperable · versatile · reconfigurable · expandable · upgradable · future-proof · backward-compatible
cloud
Atmospheric water vapor mass
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- platformRaised flat structure
software · distributed · modular · microservices · virtualization · containerization · clustering · parallel · datacenter · automation
throughput
Processing rate over time
load · processing · performance · resources · capability · handling · demand · traffic · workload · concurrent
startup
New business enterprise
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- franchiseLicensed business operation
model · operations · revenue · marketplace · sustainable · profitable · replicable · repeatable · lean · agile
expansion
Increase in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- increaseGrowth in amount
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
amplification · enlargement · escalation · proliferation · surge · boom · upswing · accumulation · progression · advancement
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- business jargonacronym, buzzword, drill down, low-hanging fruit, move the needle
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, actionable
- office jargonsynergy, circle back, touch base, deep dive, action item
- Work JargonASAP, FYI, EOD, synergy, deliverable
- extendabletelescopic, extendable, expandable, retractable, elastic
scalableunscalable
Impossible to climb
nonscalable · limited · constrained · bottlenecked · rigid
scalableunclimbable
Impossible to scale
unscalable · insurmountable · impassable · sheer · inaccessible
scalablerigid
Unable to bend
inflexible · fixed · static · unadaptable · hardcoded