TUGAS BAHASA INGGRISCloud Computing – Using

Software on the Internet

Cloud computing means using software that is installed on the Internet. You can also save
your work on another computer instead of the hard drive of your own PC or laptop. Music,
letters, presentations and other projects can be stored on clouds, data storage areas on
giant servers on the Internet.

There are many so-called web applications that can do the same as normal desktop
software. Google Documents, for example, gives you a text editor, a slide show application
and a program for creating tables and diagrams. You can use these programs for free –
from any computer all over the world.

Up to now web browsers were only used to search for information on the Internet and show
it. But now they have become something like operating systems which can give you almost
everything that you have on your own PC desktop.

Cloud computing can also be cheaper than buying expensive software. Many basic
applications on the net are free, but you may have to pay to use some of the more complex
programs. Companies do not have to buy expensive software licenses for all their workers
and computers do not have to be better and more powerful all the time because all you
need is a simple web browser, like the Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Cloud computing allows people from different parts of the world to work on a project
together. Teachers and pupils, for example, might work on the same text together.
Companies around the world can work together on a single computer and do not have to
send data back and forth.

There are, however, some things that make computer users sceptical. One of the big
problems is security. With cloud computing, you give your data to someone else. Users are
also worried that they might lose their data on other computers. In any case, cloud
computing is marching forward and in a few years, we may only be having a web browser
running on our PCs.

Vocabularies
 application = computer software made to do certain things
 back and forth = from one computer to another one that is far away
 basic = main, important
 cloud computing: the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on
the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a
personal computer.
 complex = here: with many different parts
 create = make
 data = information that can be stored on a PC
 desktop = the main area on your computer where you can find small icons to click on
 giant = very big
 however = but
 in any case = whatever happens
 instead of = and not
 license = permission to use computer software
 operating system = a system in a computer that helps all the programs work together
 save = keep, store
 search = look for
 security = safety, protection of data
 single = only one
 storage area = here: hard disks on network computers on which you can store your
data
 store = keep, save