10 Interesting Facts About Computer/part 5

PART 4

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  1. The term “bug” to describe a computer error was coined in 1947 when a moth got stuck in the Harvard Mark II computer.
  2. The first website was launched in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee, and it was dedicated to information about the World Wide Web project.
  3. The first email was sent by computer engineer Ray Tomlinson in 1971, and it was sent between two machines that were side by side.
  4. The first Apple computer, called the Apple I, was built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Jobs’ garage in 1976.
  5. The first digital camera was invented in 1975 by Kodak engineer Steve Sasson, and it weighed about 8 pounds.
  6. The first 1 GB hard drive was introduced in 1980 by IBM, and it cost $40,000.
  7. The first computer-generated movie was “Toy Story,” which was released by Pixar in 1995.
  8. The first computer chess program was created in 1951 by Christopher Strachey, and it ran on the Ferranti Mark I computer.
  9. The first computer modem was invented in 1962 by AT&T engineer John R. Pierce, and it transmitted data at a rate of 300 bits per second.
  10. The world’s largest computer chip, the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine, measures 46,225 square millimeters and contains 1.2 trillion transistors.

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