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AWS elasticloadbalancing documentation change

Service: elasticloadbalancing · 2026-01-25 · Documentation low

File: elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/what-is-load-balancing.md

Summary

Updated terminology from 'ELB' to 'Elastic Load Balancing' throughout the documentation

Security assessment

Changes are purely branding/terminology updates to use full service name instead of acronym. No security-related content additions or vulnerability fixes mentioned in the diff.

Diff

diff --git a/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/what-is-load-balancing.md b/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/what-is-load-balancing.md
index 5de092438..4faacf959 100644
--- a//elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/what-is-load-balancing.md
+++ b//elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/what-is-load-balancing.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-Load balancer benefitsFeatures of ELBAccessing ELBRelated servicesPricing
+Load balancer benefitsFeatures of Elastic Load BalancingAccessing Elastic Load BalancingRelated servicesPricing
@@ -7 +7 @@ Load balancer benefitsFeatures of ELBAccessing ELBRelated servicesPricing
-# What is ELB?
+# What is Elastic Load Balancing?
@@ -9 +9 @@ Load balancer benefitsFeatures of ELBAccessing ELBRelated servicesPricing
-ELB automatically distributes your incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses, in one or more Availability Zones. It monitors the health of its registered targets, and routes traffic only to the healthy targets. ELB scales your load balancer capacity automatically in response to changes in incoming traffic.
+Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes your incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses, in one or more Availability Zones. It monitors the health of its registered targets, and routes traffic only to the healthy targets. Elastic Load Balancing scales your load balancer capacity automatically in response to changes in incoming traffic.
@@ -19 +19 @@ You can configure health checks, which monitor the health of the compute resourc
-## Features of ELB
+## Features of Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -21 +21 @@ You can configure health checks, which monitor the health of the compute resourc
-ELB supports multiple load balancer types. You can select the type of load balancer that best suits your needs. For more information, see [ELB features](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/features/).
+Elastic Load Balancing supports multiple load balancer types. You can select the type of load balancer that best suits your needs. For more information, see [Elastic Load Balancing features](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/features/).
@@ -34 +34 @@ For more information about the current generation load balancers, see the follow
-Classic Load Balancers are the previous generation of load balancers from ELB. We recommend that you migrate to a current generation load balancer. For more information, see [Migrate your Classic Load Balancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/migrate-classic-load-balancer.html).
+Classic Load Balancers are the previous generation of load balancers from Elastic Load Balancing. We recommend that you migrate to a current generation load balancer. For more information, see [Migrate your Classic Load Balancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/migrate-classic-load-balancer.html).
@@ -36 +36 @@ Classic Load Balancers are the previous generation of load balancers from ELB. W
-## Accessing ELB
+## Accessing Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -40 +40 @@ You can create, access, and manage your load balancers using any of the followin
-  * **AWS Management Console** — Provides a web interface that you can use to access ELB.
+  * **AWS Management Console** — Provides a web interface that you can use to access Elastic Load Balancing.
@@ -42 +42 @@ You can create, access, and manage your load balancers using any of the followin
-  * **AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)** — Provides commands for a broad set of AWS services, including ELB. The AWS CLI is supported on Windows, macOS, and Linux. For more information, see [AWS Command Line Interface](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/).
+  * **AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)** — Provides commands for a broad set of AWS services, including Elastic Load Balancing. The AWS CLI is supported on Windows, macOS, and Linux. For more information, see [AWS Command Line Interface](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/).
@@ -46 +46 @@ You can create, access, and manage your load balancers using any of the followin
-  * **Query API** — Provides low-level API actions that you call using HTTPS requests. Using the Query API is the most direct way to access ELB. However, the Query API requires that your application handle low-level details such as generating the hash to sign the request, and error handling. For more information, see the following:
+  * **Query API** — Provides low-level API actions that you call using HTTPS requests. Using the Query API is the most direct way to access Elastic Load Balancing. However, the Query API requires that your application handle low-level details such as generating the hash to sign the request, and error handling. For more information, see the following:
@@ -57 +57 @@ You can create, access, and manage your load balancers using any of the followin
-ELB works with the following services to improve the availability and scalability of your applications.
+Elastic Load Balancing works with the following services to improve the availability and scalability of your applications.
@@ -61 +61 @@ ELB works with the following services to improve the availability and scalabilit
-  * **Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling** — Ensures that you are running your desired number of instances, even if an instance fails. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling also enables you to automatically increase or decrease the number of instances as the demand on your instances changes. If you enable Auto Scaling with ELB, instances that are launched by Auto Scaling are automatically registered with the load balancer. Likewise, instances that are terminated by Auto Scaling are automatically de-registered from the load balancer. For more information, see the [Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/).
+  * **Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling** — Ensures that you are running your desired number of instances, even if an instance fails. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling also enables you to automatically increase or decrease the number of instances as the demand on your instances changes. If you enable Auto Scaling with Elastic Load Balancing, instances that are launched by Auto Scaling are automatically registered with the load balancer. Likewise, instances that are terminated by Auto Scaling are automatically de-registered from the load balancer. For more information, see the [Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/).
@@ -80 +80 @@ ELB works with the following services to improve the availability and scalabilit
-With your load balancer, you pay only for what you use. For more information, see [ELB pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/pricing/).
+With your load balancer, you pay only for what you use. For more information, see [Elastic Load Balancing pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/pricing/).
@@ -88 +88 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-How ELB works
+How Elastic Load Balancing works