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

As industrial giants like GE and Honeywell—once models of diversified portfolios—split up, consider how companies like Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet operate across many unrelated sectors, like e-commerce, cloud computing, entertainment, financial services, smart homes, logistics, and healthcare. —Por Vijay Govindarajan, Harvard Business Review, 6 Nov. 2025

The company is building this cable to meet rising demand for cloud computing, artificial intelligence and edge applications that use Amazon Web Services. —Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025

The agreement comes less than a week after OpenAI altered its partnership with its longtime backer Microsoft, which until early this year was the startup’s exclusive cloud computing provider. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025

While Amazon remains the leading provider of cloud computing services, Microsoft ranks second globally, ahead of Google in most markets. —Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

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