Important facts about computer

 Important facts about computer

Important facts about computer

> Computer's Hindi name is संगणक 

> Charles Days is called the father of computer.

> Von Neumann has contributed the most in the development of computer.

> Modern computer was first discovered in 1946 AD.

> The great revolution in the field of computer came in 1960.

> The country with the most computers in the world is the United States of America. It is followed by Japan, Germany, Britain and France respectively. India ranks 19th in this list.

> Computer literacy means- being aware of what a computer can and cannot do.

> New computer policy in India was announced in November 1984.

> Siddhartha is the first computer

 manufactured in India. It was manufactured by Electronics Corporation of India.

> 2nd December is celebrated as Computer Literacy Day.

> The first computer in India was installed on 16 August 1986 at the Head Post Office, Bangalore.

> India's first computerized post office is in New Delhi.

> India's first pollution free computerized petrol pump is in Mumbai.

> Rajiv Gandhi Computer University is the first computer university in India to be established under the private sector.

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> The first computer reservation system in India was implemented in New Delhi. The Silicon Valley of India is located in Bangalore.

> There are three types of computers – Digital, Analog, Hybrid A computer that performs mathematical calculations is called a digital computer.

> Integrated Circuit Chip was developed by JS Kilby.

 > There is a layer of iron oxide on the magnetic disc.

> Tim Berners is the inventor and originator of www (world wide web).

> Assembler converts assembly language into machine language.

> The memory of a computer is usually expressed in terms of kilobytes or megabytes. A byte is made up of eight binary digits.

> 'Anupam' is a supercomputer developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Center.

> T-3A is the fastest computer in the world.

> Bit is the smallest unit of computer data. The abbreviation 0 to 1 made up of the initial and last letters of the 'binary unit' is called a bit.

> Microprocessor is sold in the market under the name of Pentium brand. Intel's latest microprocessor is the Pentium-IV.

> The computer which works according to the principle of estimation is called analog computer.

> The combined form of analog and digital is called hybrid computer.

> A medium sized computer is called a mini computer.

> A large computer that works 10 times faster than a normal computer is called a super computer.

> The smallest size computer is called microcomputer.

> A supercomputer has the computing capacity of about 40 thousand microcomputers. Its speed is measured in megaflops.

> The world's first supercomputer was the KK1-S, which was completed in 1979. It was made by K Research Company of America.

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> A Deep Blue computer that can do the same work as 32 computers can think of 200 million chess moves in a second. This supercomputer defeated the world champion Gary Kamporoch.

> The name of the world's first electronic digital computer is ENIAC.

> The name of the world's largest computer network is Internet. Yahoo, Google and MSN are internet search engines.

> The Hindu is the first Indian newspaper to be available on the Internet.

> India Today is the first Indian magazine to be available on the Internet.

 > USENET is a system to link all the universities together.

> Arch is the most helpful in searching internet information.

> Arch was developed by McGill University.

> When the internet holder of a network connects with other networks, it is called a gateway.

> A computer connected to the Internet where a particular type of information is available is called a site.

> The process of bringing information from a nearby or distant computer or network to your computer with the help of modem is called download.

> A modem is a device for interconnecting computers, which works on a telephone line.

> Sending information from your computer to a computer nearby or far away is called upload.

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> 5 generations of computers have been developed.

> Vacuum tube is used in first generation computer.

> In modern computers, often the work of semiconductor memory (memory power).

> There are total eight organizers in the computer board.

> 1 kilowatt (KB) is equal to 1024 white.

> 1MB (Megabyte) equals 1024 KB.

> 1GB gigabyte) is equal to 1024 MB.

> SNOBOL specific language is used for information arrival and program discovery.

> Ted Nelson wrote the first book on personal computer.

> Pulitzer Prize was awarded to the book Soul of a New Machine (Author-Tassy Kidder) written on the computer.

> The first magazine of computer is Computer and Automation.

> The first domestic computer is the Commodore VIC/20.

> According to scientists Indian language Sanskrit is the easiest to computerize.

> The list of programs in the computer is called menu.

> Data processing means the preparation of information for commercial use.

> A collection of records is called a file.

> The working method of digital computer is based on calculation and theory.

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> The world's first digital computer was Univac.

> Fostron is the first language developed for programming.

 > The computer language that accepts Hindi commands is the state.

> COBOL High Level Language (HLL) is similar to the English language.

> Most suitable documentation is possible in COBOL language.

> Translation program which translates high level language into low level language is called compiler.

> The BASIC language is said to be the foundation stone for teaching FORTAN, ALGOL, Pascal, etc.

> Micro processor is the fourth generation computer.

> PROLOG is the fifth generation computer language.

> Integrated Circuit Chip was developed by JS Kilby.

> There is a layer of silicon on the integrated circuit chip.

> Computer error is called a bug.

> The scientist of C-DAC (C-DAC) of Pune built the computer PARAM-10000 on March 28, 1998 with the capacity to perform one trillion calculations per second. The main credit for its development goes to Dr. Vijay P. Bhaskar, Executive Director of C-DAC.

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> First in India, the National Aeronautics Laboratories (Bangalore) succeeded in developing a supercomputer named FlowSavar.

> Nuclear tests on computer are called subcritical tests.

> Laser printer is the fastest speed printer.

> IBM is a computer company.

> Computer virus is a man-made digital parasite, which is known as file infectious.

> The Y-2K crisis was a computer problem related to the Year to Thousand (Year 2000) dates. The Y-2K crisis was also called the Million Bug.

> The sudden failure or termination of a computer or its hard disk or any running program (program) is called cache.