On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Sue Cubic <scu...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I want to know---what is "the cloud"? > > Does it refer to storage sites on some server somewhere? > > Or something more esoteric than that? > > Am I using it and don't know? The best thing I've found in a long time is > X-Marks, considering I'm often using public computers. Is my Earthlink > webmail in "the cloud"? > > I'm supposed to the "computer teacher" at the senior center. I think I need > to know what I'm talking about before I start throwing these terms around. > :) In a sense, I think that anything you do online can be referred to as being in "the cloud" to one degree or another. Once that data is transmitted from your computer to some network beyond your immediate control, it is in "the cloud." Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
