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Computer History
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5,564 Questions
What is the address for Dell Computer Corporation?
Address:
Dell Computer Corporation
1 Dell Way
Round Rock, TX 78682-0001
Website:
www.dell.com
Phone:
800-289-3355
How do you make smily faces on the computer?
Alt 1=☺
Alt 2=☻
Alt 3=♥
Alt 4=♦
Alt 5=♣
Alt 6=♠
and so on......................
you can press alt and make ↑ random numbers and u will get somthing ▒ ← that is Alt 987654321
you can make all sort of stuff by pressing Alt and some numbers try them now who knows you might a really cool one!
What are the three components of a modern computer?
A personal computer is comprised of core hardware and software components. The "brain" of the computer is the central processing unit, or CPU. The CPU will be located on component panel known as the motherboard. The motherboard will also hold slots for the computers RAM (memory) modules. Other hardware may include graphical processing unit (GPU) and sound cards. A hard disk is used for data and operating system storage. The computer will be electrified by a power supply unit. These core components comprise a contemporary personal computer.
Who were the first people to use the computer?
The Allied Forces military used the computers in its first elemental form. In time use of the computers extended from military use to government use and commercial use. But those computers could be as big as our living rooms and still not have as much computer power as a calculator of today.
When was the first computer introduced in Nepal?
pradeep bhujel was the first person make computer in Nepal
What is the consequence of breaking the Computer Misuse Act?
Not alot. An example is a man got caught and received a two month curfew and had to wear an electronic tag
What was the first computer to use a GUI?
it was 1970 when 2nd generation of computers was there and scientist developed the new technology called GUI reference www.ebam.com it was 1970 when 2nd generation of computers was there and scientist developed the new technology called GUI reference www.ebam.com it was 1970 when 2nd generation of computers was there and scientist developed the new technology called GUI reference www.ebam.com it was 1970 when 2nd generation of computers was there and scientist developed the new technology called GUI reference www.ebam.com
Primary storage, called RAM memory, is temporaty one that holds data and instructions while it is processing both. And slower but more permanent is secondary storage. And those are hard drives, CD drives, DVD drives, flash drives, Zip drives and floppy drives.
First of all in which country first supercomputer made?
A supercomputer is a computer at the frontline of contemporary processing capacity--particularly speed of calculation. The top five countries having supercompters are from least to most France, England, Japan, China and far superior in numbers the United States.
In what year did apple intoduce the Macintosh pc?
The Macintosh was introduced by Apple on 24 January 1984 using a great commercial based on George Orwell's 1984.
In December, 1983, Apple Computers ran its famous "1984" Macintosh television commercial, on a small unknown station solely to make the commercial eligible for awards during 1984. The commercial cost 1.5 million and only ran once in 1983. News and talk shows everywhere replayed it, making TV history. The next month, Apple Computer ran the same ad during the NFL Super Bowl, and millions of viewers saw their first glimpse of the Macintosh computer. The commercial was directed by Ridley Scott, and the Orwellian scene depicted the IBM world being destroyed by a new machine, the "Macintosh."
1. Never is the vicinity of a bathroom, because if you shower and leave the door open, the moisture can damage the equipment
2. In areas where there is good ventilation
3. Never in crowded areas, as the PC HDD can be damaged and corrupt if people walk too hard or kick the PC
4. If you think your PC is getting too hot, turn it off, and then turn on a nearby fan and direct the air towards the pc, leaving it off for an hour or so.
5. NEVER, EVER, EVER, move the PC when it is still on, unless you are using a laptop computer.
6. Use a powerbar to prevent electrical damage and personal property damage
7. Keep the space at which the PC will be located clean and free of dust and dirt, and
8. Do not put your PC in the kitchen(print the recipe instead)
9. Keep it at a cool place(a room where you have installed an A.C)
What are the names of the symbols on a keyboard?
from left to right and top to bottom on QWERTY:
~ tilde
` grave accent
! exclamation mark
@ at sign
# number sign
$ dollar sign
% percent sign
^ caret
& ampersand
* asterisk
() parentheses
_ underscore
- hyphen-minus
+ plus sign
= equals sign
{} braces
[] brackets
| vertical bar
\ backslash
: colon
; semicolon
" quotation marks
' apostrophe
<> inequality signs
, comma
. period
? question mark
/ forward slash
What are three properties of peer-to-peer applications?
A peer to peer network consists of devices that ALL provide services to the rest of the network as well as using them.
This is in contrast to a client-server network model in which a specific computer called a server provides services that the network clients use.
Examples of services that might be provided are file storage, printers, Internet access and so on.
When was the first electronic calculator invented?
Texas Instruments of
The First Commercial totally electronic calculator was made by Bell/ Punch Sumlock in the UNITED KINGDOM in 1961. It was called the Anita ( Mk 7 and 8) and was the only electronic calculator on the market untill 1964 when Friden in the USA and Sanyo in Japan launches their own calculators. NO it wasnt Texas instruments or some Japanese electronics giant it was a small English Firm situated in Brighton that started the electronics revolution. Sumlock continued to make calculators untill 1974 when Rockwell bought them out and closed them down.
PLease get your history right the electronic calculator was first made in ENGLAND.
6th and 7th generation of computers?
Some examples of third generation computers are the IBM System/360, IBM 1130, UNIVAC 1107, Apollo Flight Computer, Minuteman II Guidance Computer, UNIVAC 1108, UNIVAC 1110, DEC PDP-11, DEC VAX-11/780, ILLIAC IV, IBM System/370, Kenbak-1, Cray-1, etc.
Protocol used to communicate between web server and web browser?
"HTTP" is the protocol used by web browsers to communicate with web servers.
What kind of computers were there in 1960?
I had a look around and this is the only computer a found made in 1963. Follow the Link.
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1028
What did the Y2K Millennium bug effect?
The millennium bug was a computer problem that threatened the operations of corporations, utility companies, finance industries, government agencies and even science. On the stroke of midnight between 31 December 1999 and 1 January 2000, the fear was that all computers had the potential of shutting down. The millennium bug is also known as the Year 2000 problem, Y2K problem, Y2K bug, and most commonly referred to as simply Y2K.
Which tera byte is equal to mega byte?
T for terra is another prefix which means 1012 of the quantity
Eg 1TB (TERRA BYTE) =1x1012Bytes
Who developed the first generation programming language?
First generation programming languages are not languages as we think of them. Modern English-like languages are third generation languages and their invention is often credited to Grace Murray Hopper who designed COBOL.
First generation languages are called "Machine Language" and are defined by the designers of each CPU. They are much closer to electronic specifications than to they are to a language in any real sense. When people think of long series of ones and zeros flowing through the computer they are pretty close to first generation programming languages.
John von Neumann designed the first modern programmable computer (the EDVAC). It may be fair to credit Machine Language to him as well, but Konrad Zuse might be a contender for that designation as well.
Who invented computer scanners?
The pantelegraph (Italian: pantelegrafo; French: pantélégraphe) was an early form of facsimile machine transmitting over normal telegraph lines developed byGiovanni Caselli, used commercially in the 1860s, that was the first such device to enter practical service. It used electromagnets to drive and synchronize movement of pendulums at the source and the distant location, to scan and reproduce images. It could transmit handwriting, signatures, or drawings within an area of up to 150 x 100mm.
Édouard Belin's Belinograph of 1913, scanned using a photocell and transmitted over ordinary phone lines, formed the basis for the AT&T Wirephoto service. In Europe, services similar to a wirephoto were called a Belino. It was used by news agencies from the 1920s to the mid-1990s, and consisted of a rotating drum with a single photodetector at a standard speed of 60 or 120 rpm (later models up to 240 rpm). They send a linear analog AM signal through standard telephone voice lines to receptors, which synchronously print the proportional intensity on special paper. Color photos were sent as three separated RGB filtered images consecutively, but only for special events due to transmission costs.
