Cyber Quiz: List-133: Seven Wonders of the IT World



Who hasn't heard of the seven wonders of the world? This was perhaps
our first exposure to the wonder our world is in our childhood. The one
which has survived with me as a wonder till date is the hanging garden
of the Babylon! Now of course we have new seven wonders of the world
voted on, where else, the Internet.



But have you heard of the seven wonders of the IT world? No?



Mr G.C.Lynch, CIO, has compiled the following list* of seven wonders of
IT world:

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1. Computer Closest to the North Pole: Webcam #1

2. Computer farthest from Earth: NASA's Voyager 1 satellite

3. World's most intriguing data center: Google
<http://www.cio.com/article/135700/subject/Google+Inc.>

4. World's largest scientific grid computing project:

The E-sciencE II (EGEE-II) project

5. World's fastest supercomputer: IBM BlueGene/L
<http://www.cio.com/article/135700/subject/IBM+BlueGene> (BGL)

6. Smallest PC to run Windows Vista: OQO
<http://www.cio.com/article/135700/subject/OQO+Inc.> , Model 02

7. Biggest Paradigm Change in Enterprise Software: Linux kernel

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Do check his fact-laden write-up at:

http://www.cio.com/article/print/135700
<http://www.cio.com/article/print/135700>





However, the list has not gone unchallenged. Check the readers'
comments at

http://comments.cio.com/node/135700#comment-7146
<http://comments.cio.com/node/135700#comment-7146>





and also at

http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/09/10/1849217.shtml
<http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/09/10/1849217.shtml>



And thank you Mr Lynch.



Dr D.C.Misra

September 11, 2007



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(*Source: Lynch, C.G. (2007): Seven Wonders of the IT World, September
7, http://www.cio.com/article/print/135700, accessed: September 11,
2007).











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