cloud servers

Offsite data machines

Cloud servers are computing resources hosted in remote data centers and accessed over the internet rather than maintained on-site.

Unlike physical servers that organizations own and operate, cloud servers are typically rented from providers who handle hardware, maintenance, and scaling.

Users can provision capacity on demand: We spun up additional cloud servers to handle the traffic spike.

The "cloud" metaphor suggests resources floating somewhere out there, available when needed.

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