Unknown computer facts


  





1. The first computer mouse was invented in 1964 by Douglas Engelbart and was made of wood.

2.    The first computer game, called "Tennis for Two," was created in 1958 by physicist William Higinbotham.

3.    The first computer virus, called "Creeper," was created in 1971 by a student named Bob Thomas.

4.    The first computer-animated film, called "Toy Story," was released in 1995 and was created by Pixar Animation Studios.

5.    The first computer-generated image (CGI) was created in 1973 by Ed Catmull and Fred Parke.

6.    The first computer program was written by Ada Lovelace in 1843, and it was intended to be used on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.

7.    The first computer chip, called the "transistor," was invented in 1947 by William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain.

8.    The first computer network, called ARPANET, was created in 1969 and was used for the first time to send an email.

9.    The first computer mouse pad was invented in 1984 by Jack Hawley, who was an employee at the Xerox Corporation at the time.

10. The first computer virus to spread via the internet was called "Morris Worm," and it was released in 1988 by a graduate student named Robert Tappan Morris.

 

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