Cloud computing: fill in the blanks · Grade 9

The word bank and sentences

Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line. Some words are not used.

• Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
• sync · latency ____ data center ____ subscription · electricity · outage virtual · redundant · scalability · cloud
• 1 A · machine lets one physical server act like many computers.
• 2 When your photos ____, the same copies appear on all your devices.
• 3 Data centers use large amounts of · for power and cooling.
• 4 A major cloud · can take down many apps at once.
• 5 Cloud services keep · copies so one failure does not lose data.
• 6 The · is really other people's computers in data centers.
• 7 Choosing a data center close to users reduces ____.
• 8 Many apps are sold as a · instead of a one-time purchase.
• Your turn · Write a sentence of your own that uses a word from the word bank.