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Rare Pc Facts That You Never Heard Before

• David Bradley wrote the code for the [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] key sequence.
  
  
  
• The worlds most widely used operating system, Windows, was originally named interface manager.
  
  
  
• Consider this carefully: The Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft, is the largest software developer for long term rivals Apple. It's latest release is Office 2011 for Mac.
  
  
  
• The stair-step effect that can be seen in diagonal lines of some computer graphics is called 'the jaggies'.
  
  
  
• The first patent for the bar code - US Patent #2,612,994 was issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on October 7,1952.
  
  
  
• Possibly, the first known example of biometrics in practise was a from of finger printing being used in China in the 14th century, as reported by explorer Joal de Barros of Portugal.
  
  
  
• When the CD was being designed, Sony and Philips were instrumental in deciding how long each CD could play. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was used as a standard, the performance of which lasted for 74 minutes.
  
  
  
• When Windows 3.1 was launched, 3 million copies were sold in the first two months.
  
  
  
• Windows 95 can officially run on a 386DX at 20MHz with just 4MB of RAM.
  
  
  
• The Japanese version of MS Office has a character you can't find in any other version. The 'Office Lady' is a virtual assistant that bows and serves tea.
  
  
  
• The Windows 95/98 logos were created with Freehand on a Macintosh.
  
  
  

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