Top 19 Technology Facts
Top 19 Technology Facts
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Technology has made an incridible advancement over the past 20 years. Here we are looking 19 interesting fact.
1. Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations related to technology.
2. The original name of Windows was Interface Manager.
3. Email has been around longer than the World Wide Web.
4. The internet is 10,000+ days old.
5. The 30th of November is known as “Computer Security Day”.
6. The Apple II had a hard drive of only 5 megabytes when it was released.
7. PCs went by the name “Electronic Brains” in the 1950s.
8. The first computer was almost 2.5 meters high and weighed nearly 30,000kg.
9. TIME Magazine named the computer the “Man of the Year” in 1982.
10. Bill Gates’ house was designed used a Mac computer.
11. Currently, the world’s largest hard drive is a 60TB SSD.
12. 51% of internet traffic is “non-human”. 31% is made up from hacking programs, spammers and malicious phishing.
13. The name Google was created accidentally. A spelling error was made by the original founders who were under the impression they were going for Googol.
14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute, less than half the normal rate of 20.
15. The QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow you down. If you want to type faster, try the Dvorak Keyboard.
16. HP, Google, Microsoft and Apple have just one thing in common, other than the fact that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
17. 28% of IT professionals hide their career from friends and family to get out of giving free tech support.
18. The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart and it was carved from wood.
19. There are approximately 6000 new viruses released every month.
