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Computers
1 The first computer that was developed during the second world war was so massive that it took up entire rooms as well as had to have parts of it put on wheels due to of its immense size.
2 Over 6000 new computer viruses/malware are released each month. the majority of these viruses and malware capable of causing expensive damage to your computer.
3 images that are produced by computers are actually tiny red blue and green pixels that radiate blue light which can possibly worsen your eyesight. -
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
1 The CPU is the brain of your computer, processing the data on screen and converting it into formats that are easy to read.
2 Most central processing units are made from silicon which is the material used to also manufacture red wine, bran cereal, root vegetables, glass, sand etc. and is also the second most common element on earth.
3 Italian physicist Federico Faggin invented the first commercial CPU. It was the Intel 4004 released by Intel in 1971. -
Phones
1 the addiction to Phones (screen time) is called Nomophobia.
2 There are more mobile phones than people at this point in time (March 22nd 2022)
3 The first ever mobile phone call was made on April 3rd 1973. -
Wi-Fi
1 WIFI is roughly 25 years old .
2 Half of the world (4.5 Billion people) are using the WIFI at some point throughout the day.
3 The country South Korea has the fastest internet speeds with the average speed being 28.6 mbps or Megabytes per Second, with the global average being 5.6 mbps. -
FlashDrives
- The USB Flash drives are also referred to as Memory sticks, key drive, pen drive, thumb drive, jump drive and several other names. 2.The highest capacity USB flash drive 3.0 today is 2 TB. to put this in perspective, one terabyte or TB is worth about 500 hours worth of video content.
- The USB stick was invented by Amir Ban, Dov Moran and Oron Ogdan, who all worked for Israeli tech company, M-Systems.