Random Computer Facts

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    Lost Bitcoin
    Lost Bitcoin
    A man from Newport, UK, threw away a computer hard drive before realizing that it contained $7.5 million worth of bitcoins.
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    Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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    A young programmer offered a homeless man the choice between $100 cash or coding lessons. Leo Grand chose the lessons, and now his first mobile app is available to download for $.99.
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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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    Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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