What is cloud computing?

If you are one of the many people who do not understand what "the cloud" means, a really good article written by PC Magazine explains it very simply.

Basically, anything referred to as being in "the cloud" means it is stored somewhere on the internet. But there is a little more about this that you should understand.

Read this article for the info you need to get you up to snuff on cloud computing: 
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372163,00.asp