The computer is the most interesting and useful electronic device in 21st century. Generally a computer is a programmable machine that accepts information and manipulates result according to the program. In the modern computer programs are more complex and generate more complex data. Modern computer can solve almost all the problem and can be used in every field of work. Most of you basic things of computer like its history and timeline of generation of computer. But today WhatTechSays tell you some amazing facts about computers that really interesting and informative.
Facts That You Don’t Know
Evolution in history, development of computer is one of the most important chapters that written in golden word. As like the invention of fire or electricity that change lifestyle of humanity, the evolution and further development of computer change the concept of thinking.
Y2K Problem
One of the most unknown fact about computers that you need to know about is Y2K problem also known as Millennium Bug. The mining of Y2K refers to the Year 2000 problem. The problem starts from the beginning of the year 2000. Computer store the last two digits as recognize the year. For example, as 98 computers recognize as the year 1998. But the problem starts in the year 2000 when the last two digits stored as the year 1900 not as the year 2000.
Using Computer in North Korean
This is another most amazing computer facts that ever you know that North Korea use its own operating system which is named as Red Star OS. The OS is based on the concept of Linux, but its version V2.0 is a clone of Windows XP and the version V3.0 is based on Mac OS X. Not only that North Korea uses their own Browse known as Naenara beside this in the country accessing internet by the public is almost restricted. They did not use the Internet as an Intranet known as Kwangmyong which provides Mail service and social networking, etc. that only connect them inside the country not the global.
World First Computer
Did you know about the first computer? That’s another amazing fact about computers. It is the Z1 introduced in 1935 but never released. But the fully functional electromechanical computer is Z2 which is released in between the World War 2 in the year 1939.
First Computer Virus
The first computer virus then spread over the internet was called “Rother J”. It was coming out from a single PC or from the Lab and spread in World Wide Web. It was written by Richard Skrenta in 1981. It was attached to Apple DOS 3.3 operating system and spread by using Floppy disk.
Computer Run on Water
Before IBM, Intel or Apple Russian scientist Vladimir Lukyanov built world’s first computer that run on water. It is the first computer that was programmable and could solve partial differential equations.
Why Errors Called Bugs
Ever you have thought that why errors in a computer called bugs? This is another interesting computer fact that you need to know. Error in computers, programming is generally called bugs because this effect on the program and caused damage or hang on the machine. Admiral Grace Hopper was the first user of the term Bug for an error. In September 1947 he found a dead moth in the Harvard Mark II computer, that’s why it’s called Bug.
Digital Currency
Do you know only 8% of the world’s currency is physically exists. That means almost 92% of currency exists in digital form, and only 8% in cash. Now at the present time, we generally used electronic bank account to store our money and which is easy to receive and transaction.
First Domain
Symbolics.com is the world’s first domain that registers in 15th march 1985. When the domain registry started Symbolics.com was first registered domain that’s why it is the first and oldest domain that registers among approximately 270,000,000 domains in the world.
Normal Eye VS Computer Eye
Did you know that a normal person blinks his or her eye 20 times in a minute, but when he/she use the computer the blinking rate decrease to 7 per minutes.
Most Viewed Photo
The most viewed photo taken by Charles O’Rear. This is taken in on a drive to Napa Valley and purchased by Bill Gates. It is the default wallpaper for Windows XP.
First Hard Disk
disk to store data. It was a capacity of 5 MB or storage to store data. Also, it was the first hard disk that was developed by IBM.
Computer never Sleep
Did you know that computer actually never completely sleep? It is another amazing fact that never completely stop. Examine that every time after shutdown when you again start it shows the actual time.
Conclusion
This is all facts about computers that mostly unknown by people. These facts are unknown due to lower quarry and all the above data are collected by WhatTechSays’s member from internet and mostly from Wikipedia.