Apache Kafka[WIP]

Terminologies

Message : An Piece of Information / Data . Eg. Logs , Events

Producer : An Application that sends message to Kafka Server.

Consumer : An Application that requests data from Kafka Server.

Broker : Broker is Just A Meaningful Name given to Kafka Server.(As The Producer And Consumer Don't Exchange Message Directly rather use Kafka Server As A Broker )

Cluster : A Cluster Is A Group Of Computers^ Sharing Workload For A Common Purpose And Can Be Viewed As A Single System. In case Of Kafka They Are Group Of Kafka Brokers .

Topic : A Unique Name For A Data Stream. Producers Send Data To A Topic Which Can Be Subscribed By Consumers .

Partition : A Partition Is A Part Of A Topic . Since A Topic can grow significantly large such that A Single Broker Cannot