cloud computing

noun

: the practice of storing regularly used computer data on multiple servers that can be accessed through the Internet

Examples of cloud computing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pixel is where Google introduced, promoted, and established its supremacy in mobile artificial intelligence, first supported by cloud computing and later bringing more functionality to be processed locally. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The race to build data centers, which power artificial intelligence and cloud computing, has run aground amid frustration from voters who don’t want to live near the massive warehouse campuses. — Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Google parent Alphabet and Amazon stand to benefit from Anthropic’s ascendence both at the level of cloud computing and semiconductors. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

The proposal comes as towns and counties across North Carolina race to establish rules for an industry expanding rapidly alongside artificial intelligence and cloud computing. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cloud computing

• constituting
• executing
• instituting
• overshooting
• parachuting
• persecuting
• prosecuting
• substituting
• troubleshooting
• booting
• fluting
• fruiting

Kids Definition

cloud computing

noun

: the practice of storing regularly used computer data on multiple servers that can be accessed through the Internet