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Amazon S3
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<p>Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a service offered by <a href="/facts/Amazon_Web_Services/UFVN2796">Amazon Web Services</a> (AWS) that provides <a href="/facts/Object_storage/NPHWJSW6">object storage</a> through a <a href="/facts/Web_service/qxrwqB3D">web service</a> interface. Amazon S3 uses the same scalable storage infrastructure that <a href="/facts/Amazon_(company)/YzUTUVE8">Amazon.com</a> uses to run its e-commerce network. Amazon S3 can store any type of object, which allows uses like storage for Internet applications, backups, disaster recovery, data archives, <a href="/facts/Data_lake/0CA7G5k0">data lakes</a> for analytics, and <a href="/facts/Cloud_computing/guhg0FGV">hybrid cloud storage</a>. AWS launched Amazon S3 in the United States on March 14, 2006, then in Europe in November 2007. </p>