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Here you are, working at your computer. Huh,
what’s that noise? 

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SUDDENLY, A METEORITE CRASHES TO EARTH (specifically, 
into your living room). Sadly, your computer is no more,

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but thankfully, all your music, photos, and
important documents are stored online—in

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the cloud. When something is stored in the
cloud, that means it’s stored on internet

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servers instead of on your computer. It’s
like having an extra hard drive—one that

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you can access anywhere and anytime you’re
connected to the internet. In the past, you only 
had a home computer and the software you installed on it. 

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Now you can take your files anywhere thanks to
cloud-based applications called web apps,

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which run inside your internet browser. A
web app that you may already use is Google

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Docs. It’s free, you don’t have to install
anything to use it, and it allows you to create

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several different types of projects. You can
access everything that you create in Google

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Docs from any computer or device with an internet
connection. Since you only need a connected

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device to access the cloud, you can take your
music, photos, and videos with you wherever

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you go. For instance, if you take a photo
on your smartphone and upload it to a cloud-based

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photo storage service like Flickr or Picasa,
you can access that photo on any of your other

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devices, on your computer, or even on your
TV. 

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You can share your vacation photos with friends and family 
while you’re still on vacation. With your photos and other multimedia

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stored in the cloud, you’ll never have to
worry about losing them to a computer malfunction—

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or rogue meteorite – ever again. 
Storing files in the cloud is a great way to protect

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your important files from accidents, viruses,
and more. You can use cloud-based storage

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services like Mozy or Carbonite to back up
the contents of your computer. These services

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run continually and back up automatically,
so you will always have the most recent versions

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of your files stored in secure online servers.
If something bad happens to your computer,

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you can easily transfer your backup files
from your storage service to another device.

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So, what are you waiting for? No matter
how you use your computer, tablet, or smartphone,

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the cloud has something to offer you. Whether
it’s checking your email when you’re traveling,

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backing up the photos and music that you love,
or using web apps to work in different locations,

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the cloud can—and already is—making your
life, and the technology in it, more manageable.