Computer Facts

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    The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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    In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
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    The domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14, 2005.
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    In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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    For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.
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    Terms & Conditions
    Terms & Conditions
    It would take 76 work days (8 hours a day) for the average person to read the Terms and Conditions they agree to in a year.
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    The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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    Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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