Writely closed registration to its service until the move to Google servers was complete.

Like many of its services, Google provides free, limited use of this service, which runs the applications from Google servers.

Each Google server is hooked to an independent 12V battery to keep the units running in the event of a power outage.

And yes, Chromebooks keep getting better because of the fact that all the user does is enable the update which occurs automatically from the Google servers.

Mr. Page designed the initial Google servers, with the assumption that parts would fail on a regular basis.

Or does Google take a PogoPlug-style approach where a Google server relays information between the two end points?

You can save the document to your hard drive or to the Google servers.

Because the document is stored on the Google servers, you can give permission for other people with Google accounts to open and work on it.

So, apparently, a given Google server can support all the main services.

You're basically storing your information, your e-mail on a Google server in a Google data center.