Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781284123036
Author: Linda Null
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Cloud computing:

Cloud computing is a type of computing that relies on computer resources sharing rather than the application running on local computing devices such as servers, computers, tablet, and Smart phones.

  • In a cloud computing the cloud is used as a symbol for the internet, it means that the cloud computing is a type of internet based computing.
  • There are three types of service categories available in cloud computing:
    • The hardware-based service is categorized as “Infrastructure-as-a-Service”.
    • The software-based service is categorized as “Software-as-a-Service”.
    • The application and interface development based service is categorized as “Platform-as-a-Service”.

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