All computers have two important features in common which make them very different from human beings- they do exactly as they are told and theydon't make mistakes. But programmers must be very careful to provide foolproof instructions because computers have no commonsense.
Here are some of interesting facts about computers-
1) The supercomputer built by India is Param.
2) VDU (Visual Display Unit) is a T-V like screen in computer, on which
information from the computer is displayed.
3) The device that connects computer to a telephone is known as modem.
4) A computer virus is basically a computerprogram.
5) Charles Babbage is the famous pioneer of modern computer who designed the Differential Engine and the Analytic Engine.
6) In a computer silicon chipsare present to hold thousands of miniature electronic circuits.
7) The code that computer can understand is known as binary code.
8) The computer language used a) for sientific calculations is FORTRAN. b) on personal microcomputers is BASIC. c) in bisiness is COBOL.
9) The Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC), was the first electronic machine built in 1984.
10) The Manchester University Mark 1 was the first real computer that could store aprogram of instrutions and was built in 1948.
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