> Route 53 is arguably one of the more obviously named AWS offerings.

Er, then please humor my ignorance: What is it named for? Because the name means nothing to me, and even some light searching just turns up an actual highway and I still don't see what it would have to do with DNS.

Edit: Okay, I do feel a bit foolish for forgetting that DNS is traditionally port 53, so now half of the name makes sense to me. The other half still seems like a more or less random choice to me.