20 MOST INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY...
1) The first mobile phone was Motorola DynaTAC 800x costing $4000 launched in 1983.
2) Technophobia is called as the fear of technology.
Nomophobia is called the fear of being without a mobile phone.
Cyberphobia is called the fear of computers.
2) Technophobia is called as the fear of technology.
Nomophobia is called the fear of being without a mobile phone.
Cyberphobia is called the fear of computers.
3) The first email was sent by a computer engineer Ray Tomlinson in 1971 via ARPANET and that too before the invention of World Wide Web (1989).
4) The first domain name registered was “symbolics.com” on March 15, 1985, owned by Symbolics Computer Corporation. It was later on sold to XF.com Investments in 2009.
5) The first computer mouse was invented during 1960’s by Douglas Engelbert. The mouse was rectangular in shape and made of wood. It was named mouse due to the cord coming out of it.
6) The first commercial storage hard disk device was IBM model 350 that was able to store only 5 MB data and was of the size of a washing machine.
Pua Khein Seng is considered as the father of Pen Drive who invented the first single chip USB drive.
7) A red panda is an animal native to the Himalayan & southwestern China. The English word for red panda is 'FIREFOX' which is where the browser gets its name from- so the Firefox logo is actually a red panda, not a fox.
8) The word robot comes from the CZECH ''robota''. This translates into forced labor or work.
9) The average computer users blinks seven times a minute. The normal rate is twenty times per minute.
10) On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel about 12.6 miles.
11) The 30th November is known as ''COMPUTER SECURITY DAY''.
12) If you was to have your picture taken by the very first camera, you'd need to sit still for 8 hours.
13) Skype is banned from the public in China.
14) Ubuntu is one of the more popular distribution of Linux. The word Ubuntu comes from an African word meaning "I AM BECAUSE OF YOU''.
15) 86% of people try to plug their USB device upside down.
16) The last game for the Sega Megan Drive was released in 2010 and was so popular it sold out before release.
17) Email has been around longer the world wide web.
18) All the letter combinations from aaa.com to zzz.com have already been registered.
19) On eBay, there is an average of $680 worth of transactions every second.
20) The original URL for Yahoo was http://akebono.stanford.edu
14) Ubuntu is one of the more popular distribution of Linux. The word Ubuntu comes from an African word meaning "I AM BECAUSE OF YOU''.
15) 86% of people try to plug their USB device upside down.
16) The last game for the Sega Megan Drive was released in 2010 and was so popular it sold out before release.
17) Email has been around longer the world wide web.
18) All the letter combinations from aaa.com to zzz.com have already been registered.
19) On eBay, there is an average of $680 worth of transactions every second.
20) The original URL for Yahoo was http://akebono.stanford.edu
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