COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

EMERGING TRENDS IN COMPUTING

CLOUD COMPUTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of computing technology refers to services and applications that typically run on a distributed network through virtualized resources?
A
Distributed Computing
B
Cloud Computing
C
Soft Computing
D
Parallel Computing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cloud computing is on-demand access, via the internet, to computing resources-applications, servers (physical servers and virtual servers), data storage, development tools, networking capabilities, and more-hosted at a remote data center managed by a cloud services provider (or CSP).

Detailed explanation-2: -Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services-including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence-over the internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.

Detailed explanation-3: -IaaS, or infrastructure as a service, is on-demand access to cloud-hosted physical and virtual servers, storage and networking-the backend IT infrastructure for running applications and workloads in the cloud.

Detailed explanation-4: -IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) IaaS provides on-demand access to fundamental computing resources-physical and virtual servers, networking, and storage-over the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis.

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