Microservices architecture, multiple components, individual services, loosely coupled, distributed system, autonomous, organized around business capabilities, scalable, flexible, resilient, heterogeneous, language-agnostic, communication via APIs, lightweight protocols, messaging queues, service discovery, circuit breakers, load balancing, containerization, orchestration tools, monitoring, logging, security, cloud-native, Kubernetes deployment, Docker containers, Java Spring Boot, Node.js microservices, Python Flask, gRPC protocol, RESTful API, event-driven architecture, real-time data processing, fault tolerance, self-healing systems, automated testing, continuous integration, DevOps culture.