It is a system in which millions of computers, smartphones, satellites, telescopes, cameras, sensors, etc. are connected each other as a cyber world in which computational power (resources, services, data) is readily available like electric power. Any information at any time at any place can be made available in our fingertips. This is used in disaster management, weather forecasting, market forecasting, bio information, etc.
Advantages
- It is used to solve more complex problems in a short time.
- Existing hardware used efficiently
- Scalable: The number of computers can be added according to the workload increases
Disadvantages
- Processing speed is less
- Different computers uses different software and the licensing issues may effect the working of application
