The Cloud

  • NewsKatie Couric

    The cloud explained

    This is called “cloud computing,” and these computer networks are housed inside warehouses across the globe known as “data centers.” Rather than saving your files locally on your computer’s hard drive, you can go online and send your digital belongings to these data centers, where there’s practically unlimited storage space. Businesses are getting into cloud computing as well. Big tech companies, like Amazon and Google, own and operate cloud computing platforms and offer space on the cloud to