COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

EMERGING TRENDS IN COMPUTING

CLOUD COMPUTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is believed to have invented cloud storage?
A
Ada Lovelace
B
J. C. R. Licklider
C
Bill Gates
D
Steve Jobs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who Invented Cloud Computing? Cloud Computing was invented in the early 1960s by J.C.R Licklider (Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider), an American Psychologist and Computer Scientist.

Detailed explanation-2: -He formulated the earliest ideas of a global computer network in August 1962 at BBN, in a series of memos discussing the “Intergalactic Computer Network” concept. These ideas contained almost everything that the Internet is today, including cloud computing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Licklider, in full Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, (born March 11, 1915, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.-died June 26, 1990, Arlington, Massachusetts), American computer scientist who helped lay the groundwork for computer networking and ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1962, a scientist from M.I.T. and ARPA named J.C.R. Licklider proposed a solution to this problem: a “galactic network” of computers that could talk to one another. Such a network would enable government leaders to communicate even if the Soviets destroyed the telephone system.

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