cloud network

Remote server system

A cloud network is computing infrastructure delivered over the internet rather than housed locally—servers, storage, and networking resources accessed remotely through a provider like Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud.

Organizations use cloud networks to scale capacity without maintaining physical hardware: We migrated our entire operation to a cloud network last year.

The term sometimes refers more specifically to the virtual networking layer that connects cloud-based resources.

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wireless · wireless connection · internet · fog · connectivity · bandwidth · virtual · infrastructure · streaming · upload · download · sync · remote · computing · load balancer · firewall · router · hub

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infrastructure location

cloud networklocal network

Connected devices in proximity

dedicated servers · colocation · edge computing · internal network

resource model

cloud networkcapital equipment

Durable production machinery

connectivity paradigm

cloud networklocal area network

Nearby devices connected together

intranet · sneakernet

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cloud, network, clouds, cloudy, cloudiness, clouded, clouding, cloudless, networks

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