It seems like everyday new words appear in our vocabulary. It is a simple fact of life that things change in the world. As these changes occur, new words are created in order to explain the changes as best as possible. Many times the new words are just jargon used in a small subsection of the population, while other times the words become mainstream.
Even though the words become mainstream does not mean a majority of people really understand what the word or words actually mean. Many of the new words that have been introduced in the last two decades are computer related jargon. Unfortunately, a vast majority of people either do not understand the words at all or only have a vague understanding of it. This article will explain what two new recent words, ‘Cloud Storage’ and ‘Cloud Computing’, actually mean.
When personal computers first came onto the scene, they were standalone boxes that were isolated from most other computers. Each computer had software and hardware that was specific to each computer. In other words, everything that was bought with the computer was only used with by that particular computer.
Over time, things changed dramatically. The first thing that happened was networks were created to link individual computers together. As more and more computers were linked together, the internet became main stream. A person on one computer in England could suddenly talk with someone in the United States.
Today, computers that are linked together can do much more. Networked computers now days can not only stream music and video over the network and a whole host of other things, they can actually share their hardware and software. This is where cloud computing and cloud storage come into play.
Cloud storage takes sharing hardware one step further. A computer in a remote location can network with a computer anywhere in the world so they can share and store information over the network. An excellent way to think of this concept is through the use of hard drives. Initially, computers could only store information on their own hard drive. With cloud storage, computer A can store its information on computer B over the network. There are a few reasons to use cloud storage. Some people need additional storage space because their local hard drive is out of storage space, while other people want a redundant or copy of their local system in a safe location.
Cloud computing takes even cloud storage one step further. Not only can cloud computing store information over a network on another computer, but it entails actually sharing software over a network as a service. In other words, software does not have to be stored on their local machine. For example, say computer user C needs to write a report using Microsoft Word, but it is not installed on their local computer. With cloud computing, the computer user could purchase that Microsoft Word service from another computer on their network. They would use the resources and the software of the remote computer to accomplish their task.
Cloud Storage vs Cloud Computing: What's the difference?
Cloud Storage vs. Cloud Computing
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It seems like everyday new words appear in our vocabulary. It is a simple fact of life that things change in the world. As these changes occur, new words are created in order to explain the changes as best as possible. Many times the new words are just jargon used in a small subsection of the population, while other times the words become mainstream.
Even though the words become mainstream does not mean a majority of people really understand what the word or words actually mean. Many of the new words that have been introduced in the last two decades are computer related jargon. Unfortunately, a vast majority of people either do not understand the words at all or only have a vague understanding of it. This article will explain what two new recent words, ‘Cloud Storage’ and ‘Cloud Computing’, actually mean.
When personal computers first came onto the scene, they were standalone boxes that were isolated from most other computers. Each computer had software and hardware that was specific to each computer. In other words, everything that was bought with the computer was only used with by that particular computer.
Over time, things changed dramatically. The first thing that happened was networks were created to link individual computers together. As more and more computers were linked together, the internet became main stream. A person on one computer in England could suddenly talk with someone in the United States.
Today, computers that are linked together can do much more. Networked computers now days can not only stream music and video over the network and a whole host of other things, they can actually share their hardware and software. This is where cloud computing and cloud storage come into play.
Cloud storage takes sharing hardware one step further. A computer in a remote location can network with a computer anywhere in the world so they can share and store information over the network. An excellent way to think of this concept is through the use of hard drives. Initially, computers could only store information on their own hard drive. With cloud storage, computer A can store its information on computer B over the network. There are a few reasons to use cloud storage. Some people need additional storage space because their local hard drive is out of storage space, while other people want a redundant or copy of their local system in a safe location.
Cloud computing takes even cloud storage one step further. Not only can cloud computing store information over a network on another computer, but it entails actually sharing software over a network as a service. In other words, software does not have to be stored on their local machine. For example, say computer user C needs to write a report using Microsoft Word, but it is not installed on their local computer. With cloud computing, the computer user could purchase that Microsoft Word service from another computer on their network. They would use the resources and the software of the remote computer to accomplish their task.