# Amazon MSK resources
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The term *resources* has two meanings in Amazon MSK, depending on the context. In the context of APIs a resource is a structure on which you can invoke an operation. For a list of these resources and the operations that you can invoke on them, see [Resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/1.0/apireference/resources.html) in the Amazon MSK API Reference. In the context of [IAM access control](iam-access-control.md), a resource is an entity to which you can allow or deny access, as defined in the [Authorization policy resources](kafka-actions.md#msk-iam-resources) section.