[apelapan]

Cloud always means "somebody else's computer".

[fulafel]

If only. But it can also mean your own computers ("private cloud").

[apelapan]

My experience is that when people say "private cloud", they usually mean a VPC or similar that is located on somebody else's computer.

I'm sure some people use the term correctly, at least sometimes!

[Sammi]

Even that isn't generic and broad enough. I've noticed so many people mean SaaS when they say cloud. That isn't even a hardware or server or infrastructure meaning. It's referring to a whole cohesive IT product that you subscribe to.

Actually I'd say "cloud" says more about the business model than it says about the actual product.