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10 Facts Related to Computer History


Lets have a look towards the history of computer, and learn some interesting facts of computer:

1. First ever microprocessor was “4004”. It is developed by intel.

2. First hard disk drive was introduced by Seagate in 1979, which could hold 5 M.B. of data.

3. First computer virus was written by Farooq Alvi brothers in 1986.

4. First Computer Company to register domain name was “Digital Equipment    Corporation”.

5. [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Delete] sequence was written by “David Bradley”.

6. “The Dirty Dozen” is the name of 12 engineers who designed IBM PC.

7.  HP (Hewlett Packard) was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.

8. Micral N was the first personal computer built on Intel processor 8008 in 1972.

9. Largest four software making Companies are:
  •  Microsoft
  •  Adobe
  •  Sap
  •  Computer Associates
10. The  Mosaic was the first browser, which was released in 1993.
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