Chapter 8 - Cloud computing

Question 1

What is the cloud ?

Answer 1

Resources and storage hosted online, can be accessed anywhere using any device that can connect to the internet

Question 2

What are the main advantages of cloud computing ?

Answer 2

• Cost effective
• unlimited storage
• backup and recovery
• greater accessibility to information
• reduction in carbon footprint

Question 3

What are the main disadvantages of cloud computing ?

Answer 3

• bandwidth limitations
• potential downtime
• security

Question 4

What is bandwidth ?

Answer 4

The amount of data that can be transmitted over a network in a fixed amount of time

Question 5

Explain 2 ways on how cloud computing affects gaming

Answer 5

Game developers are able to reduce their costs as they don’t have to pay high-street shops

When a game is purchased it can be downloaded immediatley

Question 6

Explain 2 ways cloud computing affects file storage

Answer 6

data files can be stored permanently online

have the facility to store large data files on powerful high-capacity cloud servers

Question 7

Explain 2 ways cloud computing affects file sharing

Answer 7

Allows users to collaborate from anywhere in the world

synchronisation means when one user makes a change it appears in all the users copies