This document provides an overview of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), a cloud computing service that allows users to launch server instances in Amazon's data centers. EC2 provides templates called Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) that contain pre-configured software. Users can launch instances of AMIs to replicate configurations across multiple servers. EC2 instances can be deployed and terminated on demand, while physical servers require regular maintenance. EC2 offers scalable, on-demand resources that users pay for based on usage, unlike physical servers which incur costs whether used or not. The document also briefly discusses other Amazon cloud services like S3, DynamoDB, and Elastic Beanstalk.