The idea of “the cloud” for many has become a punchline. Since the term came about for online storage, people have a hard time grasping how to define it. Simply put, the cloud is the location of data or software that does not reside on a local personal computer or area network; rather, it resides on “the cloud”—a global network of linked computers via the Internet...
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