Google announced Chrome OS on July 7, 2009,describing it as an operating system in which both applications and user data reside in the cloud.

The user can point-and-click on an application icon in a window without needing to know where the application resides.

In a webtop the applications, data, files, configuration, settings, and access privileges reside remotely over the network.

The environment where these applications reside is called a Hardware Sandbox.

The idea is that applications of all kinds will increasingly reside on the Internet rather than on personal computers.

Each application resides with a rigorously enforced application memory space, which consists of the application code and data segments.

If the application resides on a remote server, the application can also connect to the TimesTen database using the traditional client/server model of data access.

In the case of mobile web apps, both the data and the applications reside on the web server that is hosted in highly secured data center.

By enabling distributed computing, users will be able to run applications without worrying where the applications reside or whether there's enough capacity available to support demand.

The application and any output files reside locally on your computer allowing users to work on a submission offline, save, and continue later.