The Cloud
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Full Title or Meme
That part of the internet that is services rather than end User Devices.
Context
- For most users The Cloud is just that part of the World Wide Web that provide services as opposed to end User Devices which typically consume those service.
- Actually most service that are available on The Web are exposed as APIs that provide services to other computers in The Cloud.
- Most often the term The Cloud implies a server farm that offers a generic service that is then programed to provide specific services to others as opposed to purpose build services which acquire servers that are specifically tuned to the needs of those services.