Most of us aware about computer facts as computers has become a part of our daily live.it has made a great impact on us all. While it may be overwhelming for some, it excites the majority of us. So today, we take a look at some interesting computer facts
A computer as powerful as the human brain would be able to perform 38,000 trillion operations per second.
This machine would be able to hold more than 3580 terabytes of memory.
The father of Computer Science committed suicide.
Alan Turning committed the act after forcing him to undergo hormonal treatment for his homosexuality. He was also banned from continuing his research unless he went through the treatments.
92% of the world’s currency exists only on computers.
Only about 8-10% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest is in online banking, in-network currencies, etc
A 15-year-old once hacked NASA.
This incident forced NASA to command a shut down of operations for 21 days. This cost an approximate 41,000 dollars to check the systems and fix it. Jonathan James, the teen who managed to hack NASA’s database, was under house arrest. He was not allowed to leave until he turned 18 and was under strict surveillance.
Three students once installed keystroke loggers onto their teacher’s computers to hack and sell grades to students.
Through the loggers, they stole test answers and sold them to other students on campus. School authorities found the spyware during a routine check-up of campus computers. As a result, the students were later sent to prison.
IBM created the first Smartphone.
Although IBM takes the credit for making the first “Smartphone” in the early 1990s, it was in the year 2010-2011 when the “real” Smartphone started to breakout. Concurrently, the mobile phone pioneer Motorola started to penetrate the market by selling smartphones such as Motorola Atrix 4G in 2011. Subsequently, other companies such as Apple, Samsung, and LG join the party from the year 2012 onwards. Simultaneously, Samsung, Apple, and China phones grab the Smartphone market share as of 2020.
Amazon now sells more ebooks than hardcover books.
In the age of digital media, it is no surprise that more and more people would prefer a digital book over a hardbound copy.
The QWERTY keyboard was invented to reduce the typing speed of users.
Often, the fast typing speed of some users would cause the computer to freeze for some time repeatedly.
In 2010, a high school in Pennsylvania issued MacBooks to its entire student body.
These computers were linked to the school. Its real purpose was to be used to remotely control the webcams to spy on their students at home.
80% of emails sent daily are spam mail.
Most of these emails are ads, newsletters, and other junk emails.
