Lesson 3 of 3
Where your stuff really lives
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Big ideas · 1 of 6
Big ideas
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Local means it is right here, on YOUR device. A file saved on your Chromebook or a game installed on your phone is local.
Remote means it is on ANOTHER computer somewhere else. You reach it over a network, usually the Internet.
The cloud is remote computers you use over the Internet to save files and run apps. It is not in the sky! It is real computers in big buildings called data centers.
Step-through
Do this: Step through the three places. Point out which computer keeps the file.
The screen shows a file, but its saved copy might live on a different computer.
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Do this: Read the walk-through. Watch for the clue that tells where the file lives.
Jada saves her homework in Google Drive on a school Chromebook. That night, she signs in on her family's computer at home. Her homework is there! Here is the clue: it opened on a different device. A file saved only on the school Chromebook would be local, and her home computer could not open it. So the homework is saved in the cloud. It lives on Google's computers in a data center, and she reaches it over the Internet.
Step-through
Do this: Compare the two sides. What is different about where the files live?
Two places your files can live. Compare them.
The file is saved on your own device. You can open it with no Internet. But if the device breaks or gets lost, the file can be lost too, unless you keep another copy.
Tip
Do this: Try this test on three apps you use.
If you can sign in on a different device and your stuff is still there, it is probably saved in the cloud.
Do this: Read this twice. This mix-up is sneaky.
Seeing a file on your screen does not mean it is saved on your device. A Google Doc SHOWS on your Chromebook, but it is SAVED in the cloud, on Google's computers. Your screen only shows the file. It does not tell you where the file lives.
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Flashcards
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Local
On your own device, right here.
Remote
On another computer, reached over a network such as the Internet.
The cloud
Remote computers you use over the Internet to save files and run apps.
Data center
A big building full of computers that run the cloud.
A Google Doc: local or cloud?
Cloud! It is saved on Google's computers, so you can open it from any device.
A photo saved only on your phone: local or cloud?
Local, until you back it up to the cloud.
Can you open a local file with the wifi off?
Yes! A local file is saved on your device, so you do not need the Internet.
Your email inbox: local or cloud?
Cloud! Your emails are saved on remote computers, so you can read them on a different device.
A photo is only on your phone, and the phone breaks. What happens?
The photo could be lost for good. It was only on that phone, with no backup copy anywhere else.
A file on the school server, opened from your classroom: local or remote?
Remote! It is on another computer, not on your device.
True or false
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Flashcards
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Judge where the copy lives.
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A classroom Chromebook opens a file stored on another computer. Is that copy local to the Chromebook?
No. A copy on another computer is remote.
Can a remote file appear on your Chromebook screen?
Yes. Seeing a file does not show that its saved copy is on the Chromebook.
Besides keeping files, what can cloud computers do in this lesson?
Run apps over the Internet.
Why keep another copy of a file that is only on your device?
The file could be lost if that device breaks or is lost.
You sign in on a different device and find your work. What does the lesson call this?
A clue that it is probably saved in the cloud. It is a strong clue, not full proof.
True or false
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Self-test
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Classwork
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Homework · 10 points
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