cloud computing

[kloud kuhm-pyoo-ting]

noun

Digital Technology.

1. internet-based computing in which large groups of remote servers are networked so as to allow sharing of data-processing tasks, centralized data storage, and online access to computer services or resources.

cloud computing

noun

1. a model of computer use in which services stored on the internet are provided to users on a temporary basis

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloud computing¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

America should be adding about 80 gigawatts of new power generation capacity a year to keep pace with AI as well as cloud computing, crypto, industrial demand and electrification trends, according to consulting and technology firm ICF.

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Thanks partly to its OpenAI connection, Microsoft’s cloud business, known as Azure, has been gaining share from Amazon Web Services in the cloud computing market.

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CoreWeave, the cloud computing company, said it was working with an Nvidia-backed start-up that plans to build a sprawling data center complex in West Texas.

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Meanwhile, Nvidia said late Monday it would start shipping the DGX Spark, which it calls the “world’s smallest AI supercomputer” and said it would allow developers to create AI agents—programs that have the ability to take simple directions and complete multistep tasks—and run advanced software locally rather than via cloud computing.

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Meanwhile, Nvidia said late Monday, it would start shipping the DGX Spark, which it calls the “world’s smallest AI supercomputer” and said it would allow developers to create AI agents—programs that have the ability to take simple directions and complete multistep tasks—and run advanced software locally rather than via cloud computing.

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