Dropbox

cloud storage and file synchronization service
Organization file_hosting_service Q142539
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Dropbox

Summary

Dropbox is a file-hosting service[1]. Dropbox draws 5,201 Wikipedia views per month (file_hosting_service category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dropbox is the creator of Drew Houston[3].
  • Dropbox is the creator of Arash Ferdowsi[4].
  • Dropbox is in the country of United States[5].
  • Dropbox's instance of is recorded as file-hosting service[6].
  • Dropbox's instance of is recorded as client[7].
  • Dropbox's instance of is recorded as application software[8].
  • Dropbox's instance of is recorded as collaboration[9].
  • Dropbox's instance of is recorded as office suite[10].
  • Dropbox's instance of is recorded as filestore[11].
  • Dropbox's instance of is recorded as company[12].
  • Dropbox is owned by Dropbox Inc.[13].
  • Dropbox's developer is recorded as Dropbox Inc.[14].
  • Dropbox's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[15].
  • Dropbox's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research[16].
  • Dropbox's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[17].
  • Dropbox's programmed in is recorded as Python[18].
  • Dropbox's operating system is recorded as Mac OS operating systems[19].
  • Dropbox's operating system is recorded as Linux[20].
  • Dropbox's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[21].
  • Dropbox's operating system is recorded as iOS[22].
  • Dropbox's operating system is recorded as Android[23].
  • Dropbox's operating system is recorded as BlackBerry OS[24].
  • Dropbox's operating system is recorded as Symbian[25].
  • Dropbox's software version identifier is recorded as 15.4.22[26].
  • Dropbox's software version identifier is recorded as 11.4.21[27].

Body

Founding

2007 marks the founding of Dropbox[28].

Industry

Dropbox's industry is recorded as cloud storage[29].

Ownership

Dropbox is owned by Dropbox Inc.[13].

Why It Matters

Dropbox draws 5,201 Wikipedia views per month (file_hosting_service category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] Dropbox has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Dropbox is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . filipposfragkogiannis.com. Retrieved . filipposfragkogiannis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . dropbox.com. Retrieved . dropbox.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . dropbox.com. dropbox.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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