# AWS Global Accelerator Documentation

AWS Global Accelerator is a network layer service in which you create accelerators to improve the security, availability, and performance of your applications for local and global users. Depending on the type of accelerator that you choose, you can gain additional benefits, such as improving availability or mapping users to specific destination endpoints.

- [Developer Guide](/global-accelerator/latest/dg/): Provides an overview of AWS Global Accelerator, detailed feature descriptions, and procedures for using the console.
- [API Reference](/global-accelerator/latest/api/): Describes all the API operations for AWS Global Accelerator in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.
- [AWS Global Accelerator section of the AWS CLI Reference](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/globalaccelerator/index.html): Describes the AWS Global Accelerator commands in the AWS CLI. Provides basic syntax, options, and usage examples for each command.

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