Definition
云端 literally means 'in/among the clouds', referring to a physical place high in the sky. In modern usage, it is also the standard Chinese term for 'cloud computing' — the technology that stores and processes data on remote servers accessed via the internet. The two senses appear in different contexts: the literal one in literary or scenic descriptions, and the tech sense in IT and business settings.
phrase
in/among the cloudshigh above the groundcloud (computing): remote server-based computing and storage
Examples
- 云端。Fēijī zài yún duān zhī shàng fēixíng.The plane is flying above the clouds.
- 云端。Wǒmen bǎ shùjù dōu chǔcún zài yún duān shàng.We store all the data on the cloud.
- 云端。Zhè jiā gōngsī tígōng yún duān fúwù.This company provides cloud services.
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