Random Computer Facts

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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    Windows 'Con' Folder
    Windows 'Con' Folder
    It’s not possible to create a folder named “con” on a Windows computer.
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    All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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    Dvorak Keyboard
    Dvorak Keyboard
    The Dvorak keyboard is estimated to be 12 to 20 times more efficient than the QWERTY keyboard.
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    IBM's Watson computer has 90 processors, 2,880 cores, 11,200 threads, 16 terabytes of RAM, and 4TB worth of data on its hard drive.
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    The domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14, 2005.
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    HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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    The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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