Random Computer Facts

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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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    Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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    Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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    The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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    Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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    The famous Windows start-up sound was composed using a Mac.
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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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