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26                     Interesting Facts about Computer







            Without doubt, we live in a world of computers. These machines for long now have
            been reducing human labour and making lives simpler and simpler. It is not only a
            useful machine but it also helps us to complete task in few minutes which otherwise

            takes hours to complete.
            Let us know some facts about computer.






                                                Windows  3.0  was  launched  in  1990.  It  was  the  world’s  first
                                                commercially  successful  Windows  with  a  number  of  applications
                                                such as micro recorder, card game, calculator, notepad, paintbrush,
                                                etc.























                Bill Gates, the founder of                 The first Apple computer which was built by Steve
                 Microsoft was a college                   Jobs and Steve Wozniak was made by using parts
                        drop out.                                they got for free from their employers.





               World Wide Web (WWW) was created for the people to
               communicate from all over the world. It took only four
               years to gather so million people on WWW whereas the
               same users took 38 years to use radio and 13 years to use
               TV.


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             China’s Tianhe-2 supercomputer has emerged as the world’s most powerful supercomputer system for
             the sixth consecutive time.


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