What Exactly Is the Cloud
This information is also available on my YouTube Channel at: https://youtu.be/N2-l0VI3NHo If you prefer, you can also listen to this information on my Podcast at: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/norbert-gostischa/episodes/What-Exactly-Is-the-Cloud-e364j26 ☁️Spoiler - It’s not in the sky — and it’s not made of actual clouds. Let’s start by busting the biggest myth - The cloud is not floating above your house - It’s not a magical place in the sky where your cat videos, tax returns, and vacation photos drift in digital limbo. The cloud is just someone else’s computer. More specifically, it’s a massive network of powerful servers located in data centers around the world. When you upload a photo, write a document, or stream a movie, you’re often pulling data not from your own device — but from a server in Chicago, Frankfurt, Tokyo, or who-knows-where. 📦So, Why Is It Called “The Cloud”? The term “cloud” originally came from network diagrams ...