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> What does a "cloud" have to do with webservers? I've always assumed it had to do with the common use of a cloud to refer to the internet or other network on

> What does a "cloud" have to do with webservers? I've always assumed it had to do with the common use of a cloud to refer to the internet or other network on diagrams. With a cloud being used because it conveyed a sense of "the unknown" or "uncontrollable." Which is an interesting meaning progression to the current version of "cloud."

gowld 8y ago
> common use of a cloud to refer to the internet or other network on diagrams. You know that because you are a network software developer. In summary, though, "Cloud icon represents the cloud, and we use the word "cloud" because ... we use a cloud icon to represent it."