No doubt, you’ve heard endless mention of “the cloud” over the past couple years. The funny thing is, do you actually know what it means?

Take a minute right now and ask somebody what they think it is. Can they explain it? Is their explanation the same as yours?

As part of our latest installment of the Small Business Guide we hit the streets to ask what people really know about the cloud and made a video of the responses, which were quite entertaining.

A few people pointed to the sky, looking at us like we were a bit “special.” Most people had a vague notion we were talking about gadgets and software. A few described it perfectly.

We discovered there are a few common myths, so we decided to make a guide to make it really easy to understand what the cloud is and why it’s so important.

We created a few myth busting flip cards to set things straight and our infographic “What is the cloud?” makes it pretty obvious why it’s so much better than life before the cloud.

Finally, you can take the cloud computing quiz to test if you actually know what you’re talking about.

So how did you do? Be honest!