ITPEC IP April 2022 Question 31

A service that lends disk space for saving data via the Internet — that is online storage.

The provider runs the servers and their disks; the user saves, reads and writes files on them over the Internet from a PC or smartphone, at home or away. Files can be shared with others and synchronized across devices, and the provider looks after the hardware and its backups. Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive are examples. It is one of the cloud services.

Answer (b)

Why not others:

• •(a) — describes an Internet VPN, a private network built over the Internet with encryption; it provides connections, not storage
• •(c) — describes online software distribution (download sales)
• •(d) — describes an online game played by many users at once

Key rule: Online storage is a cloud service that rents out disk space on the provider's servers; the data lives there, not on the user's own device.

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