MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Detailed explanation-1: -In the simplest terms, cloud computing means storing and accessing data and programs over the internet instead of your computer’s hard drive. (The PCMag Encyclopedia defines it succinctly as “hardware and software services from a provider on the internet.") Ultimately, the “cloud” is just a metaphor for the internet.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cloud computing metaphor: the group of networked elements providing services need not be individually addressed or managed by users; instead, the entire provider-managed suite of hardware and software can be thought of as an amorphous cloud.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cloud computing can also be thought of as utility computing or on-demand computing. The name cloud computing was inspired by the cloud symbol that’s often used to represent the internet in flowcharts and diagrams.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cyberspace is the most widely used spatial metaphor of the Internet and the implications of its use can be seen in the Oxford English Dictionary definition, which denotes cyberspace as a space within whose boundaries digital communications take place.