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What is Cloud?

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What is cloud? Till 2006, a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground was defined to be a cloud. After the advent of the Elastic Compute Cloud by the tech giant Amazon, definition of CLOUD COMPUTING changed to: "The technology of distributed data processing which provide scalable information resources and capacities as a service to multiple users through Internet." That means, the delivery of services and resources through internet which includes tools and applications like servers, data storage,networking,etc. For a layman, the storage of data on a remote database rather than local hard drives is termed as a cloud. Any electronic device which has access to internet can access data from anywhere and anytime.   These are some of the major milestones in the journey of Cloud Computing. Deployment Models: 1) Public Cloud: These are operated by third-party companies who handle all the infrastructure

Being Safe on Social Media

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Do you use Social Media? Are you aware about the privacy settings ? Is your personal information safe?..... As we all know,    Statistically, there are more than 3.7 billion monthly active social media users in the world which accounts for more than half of the world's population out of which, more than 448 million users are from India. And maybe you are one of them, so it is necessary for you to be aware about the steps to secure your social media account or page. 1. Remove Confidential Information: Delete your personal details which may reveal your identity to the hackers. 2. Limit your audience in privacy settings.   3. Control Privacy in Tagging & Timeline.    4. Remove access to apps and websites you don't use or are not secure.   5. Disable information shared with advertisers.   6. Delete your Activity record so that it will not have detailed log of your activity.   7. Hide your profile from search engines .   8. Keep your location data private. *These are just sugges