Distributed & Cloud Computing: Motivation and Background

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33 zettabytes, equivalent to 660 billion Blu-ray discs

<p>The main focus is on distributed and cloud computing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Equals to 660 bn x 330 m x 33 m x x 1,000 Kilobyte, the storage of a human brain (1 petabyte), the internet's size in 1997 (88 terabytes), the capacity of the world's currently largest hard drive (100 terabytes), the storage of a standard Blu-ray disc (50 gigabytes), the capacity of one gram of DNA (455 exabytes)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text describes it as a digital age with a lot of computing devices, where most of our work is dependent on devices and machines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Takes time away from core competencies, need specialized skills, long lead time to build, inflexible investment of capital</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was mostly mainframes and terminals, where users did individual work by connecting to a central computer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Users did individual work on their own computers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The PCs got tied together, allowing users to communicate with each other's PCs.</p> Signup and view all the answers