{"id":12856,"date":"2012-10-17T18:02:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T18:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/cloud-server\/"},"modified":"2012-10-18T11:13:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T11:13:43","slug":"cloud-server","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/29019\/cloud-server","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_cloud_server_mean\">What Does Cloud Server Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A cloud server is a logical server that is built, hosted and delivered through a cloud computing platform over the Internet. Cloud servers possess and exhibit similar capabilities and functionality to a typical server but are accessed remotely from a cloud service provider.<\/p>\n<p>A cloud server may also be called a virtual server or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/hosting\/best-vps-hosting\">virtual private server<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_cloud_server\">Techopedia Explains Cloud Server<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A cloud server is primarily an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) based cloud service model. There are two types of cloud server: logical and physical. A cloud server is considered to be logical when it is delivered through server virtualization. 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