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What is Cloud Computing?

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Cloud computing. English[edit] Noun[edit] cloud computing (uncountable)

cloud computing

Cloud computing. Cloud computing metaphor: For a user, the network elements representing the provider-rendered services are invisible, as if obscured by a cloud.

Cloud computing

Cloud computing is a computing term or metaphor that evolved in the late 1990s, based on utility and consumption of computer resources. Cloud computing involves application systems which are executed within the cloud and operated through internet enabled devices. Purely cloud computing does not rely on the use of cloud storage as it will be removed upon users download action. Clouds can be classified as public, private and hybrid.[1][2] Overview[edit] Private Cloud 101 - Dedicated Hosting vs Private Cloud Hosting. Cloud Computing Down to Earth: A Primer for Corporate Counsel.