Ch 9 · Cloud Computing · Theory

Topic 9 of 10 in Networks & Data Transmission — How Machines Talk — 2 lessons.

Computing as a Service

Cloud computing delivers storage, processing and software over the internet, instead of on your own machine. Your files on Google Drive, or an app running on remote servers, are "in the cloud" — really, in large data centres you access over the network.

Why (and Why Not) the Cloud

All topics in Theory Networks-transmission

  1. Sending Bits Down a Wire
  2. Error Detection
  3. Encryption
  4. Networks & the Internet
  5. Protocols
  6. Packet Switching
  7. Topologies & Addressing
  8. The Web, Cyber-security & Digital Currency
  9. Cloud Computing
  10. Check Your Understanding