Cloud

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Cloud ([ klaʊd ], English 'cloud') stands for:

  • a computer network, online-based storage and server services in the Web 2.0 context, see cloud computing
  • especially an external data storage, see filehosting
  • Word cloud, cloud days , the tag cloud

geographical objects:

  • Cloud, Iowa , location in Marion County, United States
  • Cloud (Ohio) , derelict place in Morgan County, United States
  • Cloud Bayou , flowing water in Brazoria County, Texas, United States
  • Cloud Brook , flowing water in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States

Buildings:

People:

  • an English variant of the first name Claudius , see French Claude (first name) - there also about name carriers
  • Henry Cloud (* 1956), American psychologist, psychotherapist and author
  • Jason Cloud (born 1991), American actor
  • Michael Cloud (* 1975), American politician
  • Mike Cloud (* 1975), American football player for the New England Patriots
  • Preston Cloud (1912–1991), American paleontologist
  • Red Cloud ( Machpiya-luta ; 1822–1909), leader of the Bad Faces (Ite Sica), a militant group of the Oglala Lakota Indians
  • Roger Cloud (1909–1988), American politician
  • Tavoris Cloud (* 1982), American boxer

further proper names:


CLOUD is an abbreviation for:

  • Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets , project at CERN to investigate cosmic rays for cloud formation, see CLOUD experiment


See also:

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