Facts Page: Trivia About Computers And Internet
2011-07-14 15:02:45
Computer is considered as one of the most powerful device in the field of technology. It is interesting to know certain facts about the beginning of advanced computers nowadays. Here are some trivia adapted from 1001 Amazing Tech Facts .
COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARES
An American mathematician Claude Elwood Shannon is usually called the father of Information Theory.
Intel is short for Integrated Electronics.
In 1975, the electric pencil was considered the first word processing software. Then on the same year, Wordstar processing software was also released.
1981 was the year that PCs began. IBM debuted the IBM PC. Microsoft shipped it with BASIC. The operating system, too, was developed by Microsoft.
In 1976, The Apple I home computer was released.
In 1993, the giant microchip company Intel released the Pentium processor with a 60 MHz processor which was sold for $878 apiece.
In 1995, Microsoft Windows 95 was released which was sold like a hotcake with million copies within the first four days of its launch.
In 1971, the floppy disk was invented.
Pacman, one of the most popular arcade games of all times was released in 1980.
INTERNETThe Internet had revolutionalized how people live and the way things are to be. Know more about some trivia about the Internet and some machines:Sir Tim Berners-Lee was considered the father of the World Wide Web while Vinton Cerf was hailed as the father of the Internet when he co-authored with Dr. Robert Kahn in 1973, a published paper which introduced the words "TCP and IP.In 1982, The word "lnternet"is used for the first time, short for "internetwork".Ray Tomlinson, introduced elec-tronic mail in 1972. He used the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the e-mail address.Hotmail was launched on July 4, 1996 by SabeerBhatia and Jack Smith. They later sold it to Microsoft for an estimated price of $385 million. Google got its name from the mathematical figure googol, which denotes the number 'one followed by a hundred zeroes.'
The Apple iTunes music store was introduced in the spring of 2003. It allows people to download songs for an affordable 99 cents each.Jeff Bezos A Web site named Cadabra created by Jeff Bezos was later named as amazon.com.Archie was considered the first search engine created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a native of Canada.
The term "bug" usually known nowadays as viruses was probably coined after Admiral Grace Hopper.
COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARES
An American mathematician Claude Elwood Shannon is usually called the father of Information Theory.
Intel is short for Integrated Electronics.
In 1975, the electric pencil was considered the first word processing software. Then on the same year, Wordstar processing software was also released.
1981 was the year that PCs began. IBM debuted the IBM PC. Microsoft shipped it with BASIC. The operating system, too, was developed by Microsoft.
In 1976, The Apple I home computer was released.
In 1993, the giant microchip company Intel released the Pentium processor with a 60 MHz processor which was sold for $878 apiece.
In 1995, Microsoft Windows 95 was released which was sold like a hotcake with million copies within the first four days of its launch.
In 1971, the floppy disk was invented.
Pacman, one of the most popular arcade games of all times was released in 1980.
INTERNETThe Internet had revolutionalized how people live and the way things are to be. Know more about some trivia about the Internet and some machines:Sir Tim Berners-Lee was considered the father of the World Wide Web while Vinton Cerf was hailed as the father of the Internet when he co-authored with Dr. Robert Kahn in 1973, a published paper which introduced the words "TCP and IP.In 1982, The word "lnternet"is used for the first time, short for "internetwork".Ray Tomlinson, introduced elec-tronic mail in 1972. He used the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the e-mail address.Hotmail was launched on July 4, 1996 by SabeerBhatia and Jack Smith. They later sold it to Microsoft for an estimated price of $385 million. Google got its name from the mathematical figure googol, which denotes the number 'one followed by a hundred zeroes.'
The Apple iTunes music store was introduced in the spring of 2003. It allows people to download songs for an affordable 99 cents each.Jeff Bezos A Web site named Cadabra created by Jeff Bezos was later named as amazon.com.Archie was considered the first search engine created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a native of Canada.
The term "bug" usually known nowadays as viruses was probably coined after Admiral Grace Hopper.
