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AWS wellarchitected documentation change

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

File: wellarchitected/latest/framework/perf_networking_load_balancing_distribute_traffic.md

Summary

Replaced all 'ELB' references with 'Elastic Load Balancing' including security context links

Security assessment

Consistently expands acronym without altering security content. SSL/TLS decryption and security posture references maintain identical technical meaning.

Diff

diff --git a/wellarchitected/latest/framework/perf_networking_load_balancing_distribute_traffic.md b/wellarchitected/latest/framework/perf_networking_load_balancing_distribute_traffic.md
index aeb1ebbff..7f2c34955 100644
--- a//wellarchitected/latest/framework/perf_networking_load_balancing_distribute_traffic.md
+++ b//wellarchitected/latest/framework/perf_networking_load_balancing_distribute_traffic.md
@@ -40 +40 @@ AWS provides multiple models for your applications to use load balancing. [Appli
-[ELB](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/) provides integrated certificate management and SSL/TLS decryption, allowing you the flexibility to centrally manage the SSL settings of the load balancer and offload CPU intensive work from your workload. 
+[Elastic Load Balancing](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/) provides integrated certificate management and SSL/TLS decryption, allowing you the flexibility to centrally manage the SSL settings of the load balancer and offload CPU intensive work from your workload. 
@@ -136 +136 @@ Use Auto Scaling integrated with your load balancer. One of the key aspects of a
-  * [Use ELB to distribute traffic across the instances in your Auto Scaling group](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/autoscaling-load-balancer.html)
+  * [Use Elastic Load Balancing to distribute traffic across the instances in your Auto Scaling group](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/autoscaling-load-balancer.html)
@@ -145 +145 @@ Use Auto Scaling integrated with your load balancer. One of the key aspects of a
-  * [AWS re:Inforce 20: How to use ELB to enhance your security posture at scale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhNc5VSzOGQ)
+  * [AWS re:Inforce 20: How to use Elastic Load Balancing to enhance your security posture at scale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhNc5VSzOGQ)
@@ -147 +147 @@ Use Auto Scaling integrated with your load balancer. One of the key aspects of a
-  * [AWS re:Invent 2018: ELB: Deep Dive and Best Practices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIgAT7vjol8)
+  * [AWS re:Invent 2018: Elastic Load Balancing: Deep Dive and Best Practices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIgAT7vjol8)
@@ -151 +151 @@ Use Auto Scaling integrated with your load balancer. One of the key aspects of a
-  * [AWS re:Invent 2019: Get the most from ELB for different workloads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKh54BkaOK0)
+  * [AWS re:Invent 2019: Get the most from Elastic Load Balancing for different workloads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKh54BkaOK0)