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    The idea of cloud computing was introduced by the scientist John
                     McCarthy. He introduced the term timesharing which would enable
                     the organisations to share a mainframe computer. But the term
                     “Cloud Computing” was coined by Prof. Ramnath Chellapa in the

                     year 1997. In 1999, the first cloud computing services websites were
                     launched—Salesforce.com and Google.
                     All the  social networking  sites  such  as  Facebook,  LinkedIn,  Myspace,
                                                                                                    Cloud computing
                     Twitter, Netflix, Skype, and WhatsApp use cloud computing. In fact, all
                     your personal data, photographs, and other details that you share on these websites are saved on the
                     Cloud! Google Drive, Amazon Web Service, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc., are some examples of cloud
                     backup services, where you can save and keep your data secure. Alexa and Google Assistant are

                     natural language cloud-based  bots.  A bot  is a software
                     program that can do repetitive  tasks  over the internet.
                     Examples are chatbots, social bots, Googlebot, etc.

                          Benefits of using Cloud Computing

                     Some benefits of cloud computing are:

                       Cost effective: eliminates the capital cost of maintaining computing infrastructure.
                       Speed and flexibility: allows faster access of resources from anywhere across the globe.

                       Ease of storage: it offers unlimited storage space relieving the user from the worries of running out
                       of data storage space. Users do not have to worry about backups. It allows co-workers to easily
                       share files and communicate with each other.

                       Data Security: cloud offers advanced security and reliability features to the user for their data. There
                       are many authentication, access control and encryption measures which do not allow unauthorised
                       access to sensitive data.

                          Risks of using Cloud Computing

                     Some risks of using cloud computing are:
                       Your sensitive data might be at risk from hackers.

                       Some people might face issues like data loss.

                        The user is always dependent on the Internet. So, if the user is unable to connect to the Internet, he/
                       she cannot access their files and data.

                          OneDrive

                     OneDrive was launched by Microsoft in 2007. It was also known as SkyDrive. OneDrive is a cloud
                     file storage service. This cloud-based service gives the users a space to store and share documents.
                     When a person is working on multiple projects, he /she have to deal with loads of files. These files
                     occupy a lot of disk space on the laptop or desktop. The person might even want to access the images
                     and documents from his / her mobile, iPad or laptop.

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