Think IT is all serious business? Think again! From moths causing computer bugs to 500-pound hard drives, our Fun IT Facts will make you laugh, learn, and maybe rethink your keyboard habits.
1.The first computer virus was called “Brain” in 1986. It wasn’t malicious—it was created to protect software from piracy!
2.QWERTY keyboards were designed to slow typists down so old mechanical typewriters wouldn’t jam.
3.The first 1GB hard drive, introduced in 1980 by IBM, weighed over 500 pounds and cost $40,000.
4.Email existed before the World Wide Web. It was invented in 1971, while the web came along in 1991.
5.More than 90% of the world’s data was created in the last two years alone. Talk about a digital explosion!
6.The term “bug” comes from a real moth that got stuck in a computer in 1947.
7.The first password ever used on a computer was simply “PASSWORD”. Don’t do this. Ever.
8.Google processes over 3.5 billion searches per day—and that’s just one search engine!
9.Spam emails are named after a Monty Python sketch, not the canned meat. Hackers loved the joke.
10.The oldest domain still active is symbolics.com, registered in 1985. That’s nearly 40 years online!
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