COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

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DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who started the company Google?
A
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
B
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
C
Bill Gates
D
Donald Trump
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Larry Page, byname of Lawrence Edward Page, (born March 26, 1973, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.), American computer scientist and entrepreneur who, with Sergey Brin, created the online search engine Google, one of the most popular sites on the Internet.

Detailed explanation-2: -Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California. Together they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock.

Detailed explanation-3: -They were both looking for a way to make searching for information online more accessible. After spending time together, Larry and Sergey realized they had something in common: their love of technology and desire to create something new and unique.

Detailed explanation-4: -Following the closing of the $25 million financing round, Sequoia encouraged Brin and Page to hire a CEO. Brin and Page ultimately acquiesced and hired Eric Schmidt as Google’s first CEO in March 2001.

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