Computer Facts 2

Rare Facts That You Never Heard Before

• Before Microsoft, Bill Gates was apparently counting cars. His first business was Traf-o-data, a company that read raw data from roadway traffic counters to create meaningful reports for traffic controllers.

• Contrary to popular belief Apple wasn't started in a garage, it was started in a bedroom at 11161 Crist Drive in Los Altos.

• In the 1950s computers were commonly referred to as "electronic brains".

• Lenovo stands for "new legend" . It's an amalgamation of the words "Le" for Legend and "novo" for new.

• The DVORAK keyboard is said to be at least 70% more efficient than a QWERTY keyboard.

• Apple too had some flop launches in its time. Their famous Lisa line which preceded Macintosh, didn't sell very well. In 1989, Apple disposed fo approximately 2700 unsold Lisas in a guarded landfill il Logan, in order to receive a tax write-off in the unsold inventore.

• Ever wondered what browser safe colors are? There are certain colours that are rendered the same way on both PC an Mac. They are totally 216 colors in all.

• It is impossible to create a folder with the name "con" of "Con" on any Microsoft operating system.

• Intel's first microprocessor the 4004 was originally meant to be a pocket calculator.

• Did you know that most of the virus writers work for organised crime syndicates. And many of these are controlled from eastern European countries.

• In all the years since the invention of computer, none can take an input from a telegraph key in morse code.

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