<p>Just assume part of the ASCII-art chars have been made invisible, whereas if you would in-hide them all it would look (more or less) like so:</p>
<pre><code> ____   ____   ___
| ___| /  __| /_  )
| _|   | (     / /
|____| \____| /___|
</code></pre>
<p>I trust it’s clear then what the answer to your question actually is:
<kbd><strong>EC2</strong></kbd> … Get it now?</p>

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I'm not sure why you thought my [suggested edit](https://devops.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/11788) should be rejected, please note https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/379084/how-to-apply-special-formatting-within-a-question-s-title-e-g-to-highlight-a-k#comment1265175_379084.
jonrsharpe
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<p>When logging in to an Amazon Linux EC2 instance, one is greeted by the following MOTD:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/DFZsS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/DFZsS.png" alt="Amazon Linux MOTD" /></a></p>
<p>What does this ASCII art try to convey?</p>

<amazon-web-services><amazon-ec2>
What does the ASCII art on the Amazon Linux 2 AMI MOTD mean?
boardrider
# What does the ASCII art on the Amazon Linux 2 AMI MOTD mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-05-20)

When logging in to an Amazon Linux EC2 instance, one is greeted by the following MOTD:

[![Amazon Linux MOTD](https://i.sstatic.net/DFZsS.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/DFZsS.png)

What does this ASCII art try to convey?

**Tags:** amazon-web-services, amazon-ec2


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-05-20. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Just assume part of the ASCII-art chars have been made invisible, whereas if you would in-hide them all it would look (more or less) like so:
 ____   ____   ___
| ___| /  __| /_  )
| _|   | (     / /
|____| \____| /___|

I trust it’s clear then what the answer to your question actually is:
EC2 … Get it now?

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I'm not sure why you thought my [suggested edit](https://devops.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/11788) should be rejected, please note https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/379084/how-to-apply-special-formatting-within-a-question-s-title-e-g-to-highlight-a-k#comment1265175_379084.  

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