In your own words, define client/server and cloud computing. Compare and contras
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Question
In your own words, define client/server and cloud computing. Compare and contrast the two technologies, and provide examples to support your discussion. Identify which of these technologies is predominant in your organization. Your initial response should be a minimum of 300 words in length. Guided response: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. How does your description of client/server and cloud computing differ from the post? How do the examples provided support the description of the technologies? Are they accurate descriptions? Why or why not? Your replies should be between 100 and 150 words in length and add depth and insight to the discussion. See the About Discussions link in the left-hand navigation pane of your classroom for more information.
Explanation / Answer
Cloud Computing :-
Cloud computing is an abstraction of traditional server hosting solutions. The main advantage of Cloud is that "someone else" is managing the server farm for us,Instead of buying 10 servers myself to run and manage in my own operations datacentre, I now lease X servers from a vendor where X is a variable number decided by me whenever I want.Cloud Architectures are designs of software applications that use Internet-accessible on-demand services. Applications built on Cloud Architectures are such that the underlying computing infrastructure is used only when it is needed
Client/server :-
Client server is a method where information processing is split between a client and a server. Back in the old days, we had time share computers (mini's, mainframes, etc) that were accessed by terminals that only manipulated the display of information, but didn't do any processing.the better example of client/server is email. Your email client processes incoming email and then presents it to you. The mail server processes email and figures out where it goes next. Both sides are processing information. Other examples of client server are: a web application that uses a RDBMS or a web services that relies on another web service for processing or data.