Microservices

Related to the “Application Layer” discussion are microservices, which can be described as a suite of independently deployable, small, modular services. Each service runs a unique process and communicates through a well-defined, lightweight mechanism to serve a business goal. 1

Pinterest, for example, could have the following microservices: user profile, follower, feed, search, photo upload, etc.

To learn more, visit the following links:

• Introduction to Microservices
• Microservices - Wikipedia