Ever wondered when you save something on your google drive, where does it actually go? No, it is not stored on your local device. Rather, a faraway server called the cloud stores it for you, providing you remote access to it from anywhere in the world via the internet. We all use email services - be it gmail, yahoo, or hotmail. Our devices retrieve our emails from the cloud too. This brings us to cloud computing.

   Cloud computing is a term that refers to accessing of shared computational power, data storage, and other software applications over internet, often referred to as the “cloud”. An example of a Cloud Computing is Google›s Gmail. Gmail users can access files and applications hosted by Google via the Internet from any device. Anyone would wonder though, why cloud computing? Why should I shift to the cloud? How will I benefit from this? First of all, it can help us save money when we want storage or compute as it is....

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