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Cloud storage and file synchronization service

Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a startup company, with initial funding from seed accelerator Y Combinator. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: DropboxA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: OlaRout: Optimal dropbox deployment based cluster routing for post disaster information exchange in a smart cityInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: International directory of company historiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Dropbox analysis: Data remnants on user machinesCited 128 times
  5. Go sideways: Timeline of DropboxA closely related topic
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📖 Definitions

Noun A box wherein objects can be deposited by one person for later collection by another.

Noun A computer folder to which files may be dragged and dropped and from which users of other computers on the network can access those files.

Noun An enhancement to a loom that allows patterns of multiple colors to be woven from the same loom.

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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