Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Information Technology 015

1.What was Christopher Latham Scholes biggest contribution to the IT World? 

Answer: He invented the type writer and also the “QWERTY” Keyboard; He is also called “The father of typewriter”.

2.This gadget was invented by the Cambridge University’s Science Department. The first of it was pointed at the Trojan Room coffee pot. Which gadget are we talking about? 


Answer: Webcam (That first camera was finally switched off on August 22, 2001.)


3. Which famous company acquired DoubleClick (It develops and provides Internet ad serving services)?


Answer: Google Inc.


4. It is an infra-red imaging system used in cricket presently. The technology was in fact founded by French scientist Nicholas Bion. Which controversial technology are we talking about? 


Answer: Hot Spot


5. In Greece, it is papaki, In Japan, it is atto maaku, in South Africa, it is called aapstert. 


Answer: '@' sign on keyboard


DID YOU KNOW?


The day after Internet Explorer 4 was released, a few Microsoft employees left a 10 by 12-foot Internet Explorer logo on Netscape’s front lawn with a message that said “We love you” at the height of the browser wars in the late 90’s.

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