Computer Facts

    Random Computer Facts

    There are 54 Computer Facts!

    On eBay, there are an average of $680 worth of transactions each second.
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    IBM's Watson computer has 90 processors, 2,880 cores, 11,200 threads, 16 terabytes of RAM, and 4TB worth of data on its hard drive.
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    Mathway.com solves all kinds of math homework problems with step by step explanations.
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    One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.
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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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    GTA Origin
    GTA Origin
    Grand Theft Auto was originally a racing game called Race’n’Chase. However, a glitch made the police cars go crazy, ramming the player. This glitch was so popular with testers that they rebuilt the game around it, creating GTA.
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    CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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    The first webcam was used in 1991 by Cambridge researchers for checking the coffee pot without leaving their desks.
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