Eli5: what is cloud, in computer networking terms.
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“The Cloud” is mostly hype in networking terms. It’s a fairly standard client/server model, with a rich asynchronous interface on the client side. There isn’t a single “Cloud”, but rather several companies offering specific services that don’t interface with each other. Usually, there is a bunch of interesting things gone on the server side, to let you run virtual machines and custom programs on them, but it also includes stuff like the google aps suite.
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