cloud
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3.5
- noun
- /klaʊd/
- Specialized
:
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- As well as reducing IT costs, cloud computing is also more green.
- cloud computing
- cloud storage
- cloud provider
Think Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, all of them when they use AI.
- Think Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, all of them when they use AI.
- It's stored on the cloud, in the cloud, on the cloud, near the cloud in it.
- And they also own Azure, right, The cloud computing platform.
- Marc Benioff is, you know, founder of Salesforce Computing Cloud, Cloud computing, excuse me.
- So you have to willingly give up stuff to the cloud for this monster to grow.
- You know, the, the, the cloud and a platform.
Examples
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Part I discusses how users interact with cloud storage services and how cloud storage providers can access users' data.
Academic text (2017) -
As a virtual office space, the cloud becomes an undeniable way to simplify challenges of collaborative planning.
Academic text (2015) -
What is the Cloud anyway?
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Smart software located in the cloud will do more than determine if there is a problem.
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Already there are loads of great cloud applications.
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So we want to push the data from our cloud to Google Spreadsheets.
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Under current fee structures, renting mass storage space on the Amazon cloud is more expensive than purchasing it.
Academic text (2011) -
Now, similarly with cloud computing, you utilize the cloud resources to get things done.
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To our knowledge, this is the first astronomy archive that has migrated to cloud technologies.
Academic text (2011) -
Many businesses are shifting their operations to the cloud to take advantage of on-demand computing resources.
Synonyms
A main cloud system that gives virtual computers and storage to users
A small cloud in the sky or a nearby server for fast computing
Online space where you keep and access your files over the internet
Antonyms
Idioms
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6.7
Make someone unable to think clearly because of strong feelings or outside pressure
Compounds
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3.9
A large white fluffy cloud with a rounded top and flat base often seen in fair weather
- Specialized
1
3.8
A thin, high cloud made of tiny bits of ice that looks like white streaks in the sky
- Specialized
1
9.4
One of two small irregular galaxies near the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere
- Informal
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9.9
An imaginary place where people are out of touch with reality because they are too optimistic
- Specialized
1
4.8
A very tall dark cloud that brings heavy rain, thunder, and lightning
- Specialized
1
9.9
A distant shell around the solar system filled with small icy objects that send comets toward the Sun
- Specialized
1
7.5
A device that shows the paths of tiny invisible particles as thin white streaks in a mist
- Specialized
1
8.8
A nearby irregular galaxy visible from the southern sky that orbits the Milky Way
- Specialized
A small, thin white cloud high in the sky that looks like tiny ripples
- Specialized
A thin, high cloud layer that often covers the sky and sometimes makes a halo around the sun or moon
- Specialized
A gray or blue cloud layer in the middle sky that often covers most of it and brings light rain
A high cloud that looks shiny with rainbow colors around sunrise or after sunset
A large cloud shaped like a mushroom that rises after a powerful explosion
- Specialized
A small irregular galaxy near the Milky Way that you can see from the Southern Hemisphere
- Specialized
A low, flat gray cloud layer that often covers the sky and brings light drizzle
- Specialized
A device that makes vapor tracks to show where tiny charged particles move
How Extensive
- Jargon
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8.0
1
3.9
- Texting
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1.0
- Specialized
238
3.5
- Specialized
1
3.5
- Specialized
351
3.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cloud in computing is a modern picture: people used the idea of an unseen space in the sky to describe files and services kept on the internet, so saving something to the 'cloud' means storing it in a shared, invisible place you can reach from anywhere.