Five key terms in enterprise cloud applications you need to know

Cloud computing applications are a specific set of technologies that can be used for business or pleasure. Despite the subset nature of cloud computing applications, there is a lot that architects, developers and business people need to know about the topic.

After spending all day communicating in business and tech jargon, sometimes it can be helpful to think about cloud application terms in the context of everyday objects and situations. Here are five important cloud application definitions and accompanying analogies to make the terms easier to remember.