What is "The Cloud"?
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I get asked this question at least once a week. The answer is pretty simple: it just means \\u201con the internet\\u201d. That\\u2019s all it is, a fancy marketing term that means \\u201con the internet\\u201d.
So when someone says they store their documents \\u201con the cloud\\u201d, they mean simply that their documents are stored on the internet.
Music, Email, Documents, Backup \\u2013 it doesn\\u2019t matter what it is, if it can be stored in your computer, it can be stored \\u201cin the cloud\\u201d.
Cloud backup solutions for example such as Carbonite and Mozy simply upload your information from your computer to their servers via the internet. The same is true for Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive or iCloud.
Most cloud-based services provide software that make it easy to interact with that service. For example Dropbox loads software on your computer that allows you to view your documents and files just like any \\u2018ole folder on your computer. However anything in that folder automatically gets uploaded to Dropbox\\u2019s servers.
The next question is usually about security.
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