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A History of Cloud Computing
EngineeringHow computing went from room-sized machines you bought and babysat to power you rent by the minute. A plain-language tour from 1950s mainframes through the 2006 birth of the modern cloud to today's containers, serverless, and AI — no technical background required.
- Length
- 1 h 1 min
- Lessons
- 6
- Quizzes
- 6
- Renewal
- Does not renew
Lessons
- Before the Cloud — Big Machines and a Bold Idea · 8 min
- The Personal Computer Detour · 7 min
- 2006 — The Modern Cloud Is Born · 9 min
- The Cloud Wars and the Three Layers · 8 min
- The Cloud Today — and the Engine of the AI Age · 9 min
- Review & Final Exam · 20 min
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