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# ECS

* Stands for **Elastic Container Service**.<br>
* **Docker = A way to build, run and share containerized applications.**<br>
* **ECS = A way to run/launch Docker containers on AWS EC2 instances.**<br>
* **You must build and maintain the infrastructure.**