What is the purpose of Amazon Route 53?

Amazon Route 53 is specifically designed to be a highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service. Its primary purpose is to route end users to Internet applications by translating domain names, such as www.example.com, into IP addresses, which is essential for locating resources on the internet.

Route 53 provides a variety of features, including DNS management, domain registration, and health checking of your resources. By using Route 53, organizations can influence how global users are routed to their applications, improving load time and availability. The integration with other AWS services also allows for seamless management of user traffic to various endpoint types, such as Elastic Load Balancers, Amazon S3 buckets, and Amazon CloudFront distributions.

The other options described do not align with the core functionality of Route 53. Database services focus on storing and managing data, compute services involve processing and running applications, and cloud storage services are centered around storing and retrieving data. Each of those categories serves a distinct purpose, whereas Route 53 is focused solely on managing domain name resolution and traffic routing for web applications.