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Cloud

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Cloud lets companies rent the servers (giant computers) they run their software on instead of buying them.

Companies like AWS buy giant computers called servers and put them together in buildings called data centers. You rent space on those computers in pre-defined pieces of computer power and storage, and access them through the internet. Cloud is transformative because you pay for how much you use, like by the hour, instead of buying expensive equipment up front.

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What's cloud?

Cloud is how companies rent infrastructure over the internet.

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