The world's first computer, called the Z1, was invented by Konrad Zuse in 1936. His next invention, the Z2 was finished in 1939 and was the first fully functioning electro-mechanical computer.
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The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
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CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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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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In October 1997, when Internet Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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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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E-mail has been around longer than the World Wide Web.
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