CPSC 110-08: Computing on Mobile Phones Spring 2012 Cloud Computing

Introduction

For example, the software you used to create your portfolio is an example of cloud computing. Setting up the portfolio used software that was provided as a free service by Google. Your portfolio lives on the cloud, as the Internet is popularly called. Basically, you don't know exactly where your portfolio page is stored, as you would if it were a product (like Microsoft Word) on your laptop.

As we will shortly see, App Inventor is also an example of cloud computing.

Adding a Cloud Computing Page to Our Portfolios

Look up up cloud computing on Wikipedia and read enough of that article to get a sense of cloud computing and to be able the questions below. If you run into any terms there that you don't understand or if you have questions about anything in that article, ask about it in class.

Create a page titled "Cloud Computing" under your Notes category and use to summarize what you learned about cloud computing. The Create Page button is on the top right.

In your summary answer the following questions about cloud computing:

• Cloud computing can involve various services, including computation, data storage, and data access. Which of these services are provided in the case of your portfolio? Explain.

• What are one or two of the main benefits of cloud computing?

• What are one or two of the possible drawbacks of cloud computing?