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Thanks for your comments. I've spent the last days overhauling the article and I hope you are all more satisfied with it now. Feel free to contribute yourself. [[User:SamJohnston|samj]] ([[User talk:SamJohnston|talk]]) 08:51, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
== Etymology ==
I assume there is some metaphor behind the use of the word "cloud" for "cloud computing" - does anyone know it? -- 13:52, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
I believe the "cloud" refers to the abstract concept of the web or internet. It's used to indicate that you don't really care about the details, about who or what is out there in the cloud, it's just the cloud, the rest of the internet.--[[User:Bill.albing|Bill.albing]] 15:59, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
I believe that cloud refers to the fact that most tech architects use a drawing of a cloud when discussing the Internet or services available over IP. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/67.188.145.142|67.188.145.142]] ([[User talk:67.188.145.142|talk]]) 01:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Surely they draw it as a cloud because of the metaphor, it's not called a cloud simply because it just happens to be drawn as one. [[User:Jamie Kitson]] <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|comment]] was added at 08:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
See http://www.mercurynews.com/businessheadlines/ci_7124839 [[User:Westwind273|Westwind273]] 17:41, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
:: No, the cloud came way before 'Cloud Computing'...its the general purpose "some kind of network stuff" symbol used when you did diagrams using a tool like [[visio]]; stick the cloud between some boxes to imply the internet was between them. What's changed is that people are now putting storage and computation into that cloud, at least in their slideware. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:SteveLoughran|SteveLoughran]] ([[User talk:SteveLoughran|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/SteveLoughran|contribs]]) 09:32, 2 July 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
::Agreed, [[The Cloud]] has been around for ages on network diagrams etc. and while it is a metaphor for the [[Internet]], the most important point is the more stuff you can push into the cloud the less you have to take care of yourself (consider the complexity of a [[WAN]] vs a [[VPN]]... and a diagram of both... usually the latter is the same as the former, only with a dirty big cloud covering over most of the complexity which is outsourced to the ISPs). [[User:SamJohnston|samj]] ([[User talk:SamJohnston|talk]]) 08:55, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
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