“The Cloud” And Virtual Storage

Question 1

What is the cloud?

Answer 1

The concept of storing and retrieving data over the internet

Question 2

What are the advantages of the cloud

Answer 2

Data can be accessed at any time from any device (with internet)

Easy collaboration

“Limitless” storage

Question 3

What are the disadvantages of the cloud

Answer 3

More data = more expense

Poor connectivity = slow access times

No internet = no files

Question 4

What is virtual storage

Answer 4

Virtual storage is when the hard disk is used as an extension of the RAM.

Question 5

How does virtual storage work

Answer 5

If there we too many programs running simultaneously, an unused one may be copied to the hard disk and reloaded into RAm when it is used