CS Facts
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Computer ScienceOnly about 10% of the world’s currency is physical money, the rest only exists on computers |
Computer ScienceDid you know, computer science-related career salaries are more than twice the national average? |
Computer ScienceThe Motion Picture Academy refused to nominate Tron (1982) for a special-effects award because, according to director Steven Lisberger, “The Academy thought we cheated by using computers” |
Computer ScienceMary Kenneth Keller, the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science in the United States also earned a Master’s degree in Mathematics and Physics, helped develop computer programming languages and she was a Catholic nun |
Computer ScienceAn average person normally blinks 20 times a minute, but when using a computer he/she blinks only 7 times a minute. |
Computer ScienceThe house where Bill Gates lives, was designed using a Macintosh computer. |
Computer ScienceThe first ever hard disk drive was made in 1979, and could hold only 5MB of data. |
Computer ScienceThe first 1GB hard disk drive was announced in 1980 which weighed about 550 pounds, and had a price tag of $40,000. |
Computer ScienceA group of 12 engineers designed IBM PC and they were called as “The Dirty Dozen”. |
Computer WormThere was a computer worm that would gain access to Windows XP systems, download a patch from Microsoft to close the vulnerability that it used to infect the system, attempt to delete the infamous Blaster worm (if present) from the system, then delete itself. |