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20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by ORIJIN201(m): 10:39pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
1. The first electronic computer ENIAC weighed more than 27 tons and took up 1800 square feet. 2. Only about 10% of the world’s currency is physical money, the rest only exists on computers. 3. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that you can write using the letters only on one row of the keyboard of your computer. 4. Doug Engelbart invented the first computer mouse in around 1964 which was made of wood. 5. There are more than 5000 new computer virusesare released every month. 6. Around 50% of all Wikipedia vandalism is caught by a single computer program with more than 90% accuracy. 7 .If there was a computer as powerful as the human brain, it would be able to do 38 thousand trillion operations per second and hold more than 3580 terabytes of memory. 8. The password for the computer controls of nuclear tipped missiles of the U.S was 00000000 foreight years. 9. Approximately 70% of virus writers are said to work under contract for organized crime syndicates. 10. HP, Microsoft and Apple have one very interesting thing in common – they were all started in a garage. 11. An average person normally blinks 20 times a minute, but when using a computer he/she blinks only 7 times a minute. 12. The house where Bill Gates lives, was designed using a Macintosh computer. 13. The first ever hard disk drive was made in 1979, and could hold only 5MB of data. 14. The first 1GB hard disk drive was announced in 1980 which weighed about 550 pounds, and had a price tag of $40,000. 15. More than 80% of the emails sent daily are spams. 16. A group of 12 engineers designed IBM PC and they were called as “The Dirty Dozen”. 17. The original name of windows was Interface Manager.18. The first microprocessor created by Intel was the 4004. It was designed for a calculator, and in that time nobody imagined where it would lead. 19. IBM 5120 from 1980 was the heaviest desktop computer ever made. It weighed about 105 pounds, not including the 130 pounds external floppy drive. 20. Genesis Device demonstration video in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was the the first entirely computer generated movie sequence in the history of cinema. That studio later become Pixar. source: http://murimoney..com.ng/2016/10/20-amazing-facts-about-computers.html?m=1 7 Likes 5 Shares
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Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Goldenheart(m): 11:13pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
Cool Discovery.. .. FTC no be beans.... In other news, my comic book is almost ready ....please show some love on my iG Edited. 13 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Nobody: 10:54am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Interesting and educative. 2 Likes |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by sharonalex: 10:54am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Goldenheart: |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by pautex: 10:54am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Seconded |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Emmanuel950(m): 10:54am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Thank God for computers. If not for computers, I for no know Seun nor Nairaland. 1 Like |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by kings09(m): 10:55am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Ok |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by ayobase(m): 10:55am On Nov 01, 2016 |
ORIJIN201: How thousanaires, millionaires and billionaires are made. Forex Gold Bitcoin make I add MMM also. Go join one if you haven't yet. Cool and effortless money. 14. The first 1GB hard disk drive was announced in 1980 which weighed about 550 pounds, and had a price tag of $40,000. You can imagine this. $40,000 for 1GB hard disk drive of 550 pounds. More micro-tech good news on the way. 15. More than 80% of the emails sent daily are spams. We are all victims. I'm still deleting at the moment. 1 Like |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Burger01(m): 10:55am On Nov 01, 2016 |
1 Like |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by veekid(m): 10:55am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Awesome |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by wassade: 10:55am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by oluFELAxy(m): 10:56am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Hmmm... |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by nigconnect(m): 10:56am On Nov 01, 2016 |
cool |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by yungkc(m): 10:56am On Nov 01, 2016 |
nice one bro |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Lilchilz(m): 10:57am On Nov 01, 2016 |
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Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by onosprince(m): 10:57am On Nov 01, 2016 |
And its also an ATM machine to the yahoo boys, Abi that no be also fact |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Nobody: 10:58am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Daniel058(m): 11:01am On Nov 01, 2016 |
After ;God satan and Money , Technology rule d world!!. quote Me anywhere . |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by SamuelAnyawu(m): 11:02am On Nov 01, 2016 |
1 Like |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by habbyy03: 11:03am On Nov 01, 2016 |
where is your cucumber |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by ORIJIN201(m): 11:03am On Nov 01, 2016 |
ayobase:OK I comment my reserve! if e happen no call me o. 1 Like |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by ridwan006(m): 11:04am On Nov 01, 2016 |
All these na super story |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Cornerstone001: 11:06am On Nov 01, 2016 |
First to fourth generation computers |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by ginggerxy: 11:08am On Nov 01, 2016 |
iyke926:you should be asking buhari if he has blamed GEJ today |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by danxzy: 11:16am On Nov 01, 2016 |
wow I Have learnt something Today, I Will make a reaserch of it to confirm OP THANKS |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Bollinger(m): 11:17am On Nov 01, 2016 |
ORIJIN201: 21. Alan Turing; the man who pioneered the concept of computer science and advanced what the computer is today was gay. I don't see Nigerians refusing to use computers because of it. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by pointstores(m): 11:17am On Nov 01, 2016 |
great |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by Lovechyld101(m): 11:19am On Nov 01, 2016 |
computers keep advancing i wonder if there would be an equilibum to this pace. to every advancement in technology there is an equal opposite disadvantage computer is revolutionizing the way we do things bussiness, social life even sex. very soon artificial intellegence would become a reality. the end is near.
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Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by hernandson(m): 11:22am On Nov 01, 2016 |
hmm. Illuminating op |
Re: 20 Amazing Facts About The Computer by ewosk: 11:28am On Nov 01, 2016 |
Dude wants to come out of the closet...20 is enough we dont fvcking care about Alan turing....you are risking 14 years confinement... Bollinger: |
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