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AWS wellarchitected documentation change

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

File: wellarchitected/latest/performance-efficiency-pillar/perf_networking_load_balancing_distribute_traffic.md

Summary

Updated references from 'ELB' to 'Elastic Load Balancing' for terminology consistency

Security assessment

The changes are purely terminological updates to use the full service name instead of the acronym. No new security features or vulnerability fixes are introduced. The existing security context about SSL/TLS decryption and certificate management remains unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/wellarchitected/latest/performance-efficiency-pillar/perf_networking_load_balancing_distribute_traffic.md b/wellarchitected/latest/performance-efficiency-pillar/perf_networking_load_balancing_distribute_traffic.md
index 1ff1eb0cc..40863de97 100644
--- a//wellarchitected/latest/performance-efficiency-pillar/perf_networking_load_balancing_distribute_traffic.md
+++ b//wellarchitected/latest/performance-efficiency-pillar/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)