Some interesting facts about Computer

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Offline fernaz

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Some interesting facts about Computer
« on: May 28, 2013, 11:33:19 AM »
I'm highlighting 12 interesting computer Facts that you might not be knowing it before:

1)Over 6,000 new computer viruses are released every month.

2)The first computer mouse, constructed in 1964, was made out of wood.(by Doug Engelbart)

3)The average human being blinks 20 times a minute – but only 7 times a minute when using a computer.

4)The first electro-mechanical computer was developed in 1939.

5)By the end of 2012 there will be 17 billion devices connected to the internet.

6)5 out of every 6 internet pages are porn related.

7)Over 1 million domain names are registered every month.

8)With it’s 800 million interent users, Facebook would be the third largest country in the World.

9)The first hard drive was created in 1979 and could hold 5MB of data.

10)The nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra video card contains 222 million transistors.

11)20% of online viruses are released by organized crime units.

12)The engineers who developed the IBM PC were known as “The Dirty Dozen”.


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Dr. Fernaz Narin Nur,
Assistant Professor,
Department of CSE.

Offline R B Habib

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Re: Some interesting facts about Computer
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 02:18:05 PM »
Good to know. Thanks for sharing.
Rabeya Binte Habib
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Department of English
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Daffodil Int. University

Offline Nusrat Nargis

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Re: Some interesting facts about Computer
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2013, 12:32:33 PM »
nice post. thanks.
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Re: Some interesting facts about Computer
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2013, 10:24:15 AM »
Really interesting.

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Re: Some interesting facts about Computer
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2013, 02:12:16 AM »
why the term "dirty dozen" was used for PC??
Sakia Shabnam Kader
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Department of General Educational Development