Network diagrams from at least the mini-mainframe era—30-40 years ago—have always shown remote hardware connected through a network to where your system is as resuding in a cloud. Then the marketing people got hold of it. It’s other computers in a different place that can talk to yours. “Cloud” gives it an aura of magic. Nope, it’s just wires or radio waves.
Network diagrams from at least the mini-mainframe era—30-40 years ago—have always shown remote hardware connected through a network to where your system is as resuding in a cloud. Then the marketing people got hold of it. It’s other computers in a different place that can talk to yours. “Cloud” gives it an aura of magic. Nope, it’s just wires or radio waves.