05-12-2012, 04:12 PM
What is a cloud in cloud computing?
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ABSTRACT
The cloud is one of those terms started by a non-technical person, I'm sure. The cloud is a way of referring to several interconnected networks without including all the actual connection details. It has evolved to mean the Internet primary. As with your home computing the devices like your laptop / desktop and printers are actually a very small network, sometimes referred to as a PAN (Personal Area Network). Some of us techies may also refer to your home network as a stub network. In this example the cloud starts when your ISP connection ties to the Internet.
When someone says "take it to the cloud" they are most likely referring to the Internet. The term usually means…
A public network IE Internet not internet. Capitol Internet is reserved for the WWW (World Wide Web) where lower case internet refers to the inter connection of many separate private networks.
Cloud computing examples include; running an application or a service from an Internet web server, and NOT on your computer.
Another example would be Internet based services like file storage or computer backup WEB services.