Monday, December 3, 2012

What is Cloud Computing?


Cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the Internet). The name comes from the use of a cloud-shaped symbol as an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it contains in system diagrams. Cloud computing entrusts remote services with a user's data, software and computation.

This PPT by Jim Lin, The iSchool, University of Maryland gives an introduction to Cloud Computing and parallel/distributed processing. To read further click on the link below:

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