Hardware, infrastructure & tooling

Cloud computing

Definition

Using rented computing power and storage over the internet instead of owning every server.

AI Word Bank · Illustrated definition

Visual example

Cloud computing: a rented kitchen represents computing power and storage accessed over the internet.

Rented kitchen = cloud computing

A kitchen example of cloud computing: renting space in a commercial kitchen.

The kitchen connection

Think of renting space in a commercial kitchen.

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01 · Who or what
Rented kitchen = cloud computing
02 · What happens
Provides online power and storage
03 · The result
Avoids owning every server

Why it matters

It lets teams access large-scale AI infrastructure without owning every server.