Prereading for beginners
Category: Beginner
Difficulty: 1 out of 5
Duration: 10 minutes
1. Overview
2. What is the Cloud?
3. Key Words
4. How do I access it?
5. Operating System
6. Data and Hardware location
7. Where to find help
8. Next steps
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Overview
This tutorial contains important pre-reading if you are new to using the Nectar Cloud.
By understanding this information, it will make the tutorials in our Cloud Starter series easier to follow.
What you’ll learn
- A basic understanding of what the Nectar Cloud is
- Key terminology
- How to access the Nectar Research Cloud
- What operating system is used on Nectar?
- Where is my data stored and hardware located?
- Where to find help and support