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''Cloud computing'' is a style of computing use for organisations where the users access resources and services from their PCs (or similar devices) over the internet, and the resources/services are not necessarily co-located in any specific central location (as in the era of time sharing and Application Service Providers) but spread thoughout the "cloud" | ''Cloud computing'' is a style of computing use for organisations where the users access resources and services from their PCs (or similar devices) over the internet, and the resources/services are not necessarily co-located in any specific central location (as in the era of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing time sharing] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_service_provider Application Service Providers]) but spread thoughout the "cloud". | ||
There is a very informative but rather technical Wikipedia description of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing cloud computing] | There is a very informative but rather technical Wikipedia description of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing cloud computing] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:52, 31 July 2009
Cloud computing is a style of computing use for organisations where the users access resources and services from their PCs (or similar devices) over the internet, and the resources/services are not necessarily co-located in any specific central location (as in the era of time sharing and Application Service Providers) but spread thoughout the "cloud".
There is a very informative but rather technical Wikipedia description of cloud computing
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