Computer Facts

    Random Computer Facts

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    The domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14, 2005.
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    The first banner advertising was used in 1994.
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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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    Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month.
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    'Firefox'
    'Firefox'
    The Firefox mascot isn't actually a fox, but a red panda.
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    Random Darknet Shopper
    Random Darknet Shopper
    There's a bot called the 'Random Darknet Shopper' that is given $100 in bitcoins every week to purchase random items on the darkweb. It ended up buying 10 ecstasy pills and the creator was subsequently arrested.
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