Translations:Cloud/2/en

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A user of the cloud will typically create or spin up one or more virtual machines (VMs or instances). He or she then logs into the VM with administrative privileges, installs any desired software, and runs the software applications needed. These applications could be as diverse as a CPU-intensive analysis of particle physics data, or a web service directed towards scholars of literature and the humanities. The advantage is that the user has complete control over the collection of installed software (the software stack). The disadvantage is that the user must have some degree of experience in installing software and otherwise managing a computer.