Amazing Facts about computers and ITField.

Amazing Facts about computers and InformationTechnology Field.

* A byte means 8 bits and a nibble means 4 bits.

* First hard disk available was of 5MB.

* Ethernet is the registered trademark 0f Xerox.

* Google uses over 10000 network computers to crawl the web.

* Google can be queried in 26 languages.

* The floppy disk was patented by Allen Shugart in 1946.

* More than 80% of web pages are in English.

* 88% percent web pages have very low traffic rate.

* An average American is dependent on 250 computers.

* Internet is most fastest growing platform for advertisement.

* About one third of CDs are pirated.

* About 76% software used in India are pirated.

* Only 10% of the webpages are used by the search engines.

* "I am feeling Lucky" This button is used by negligible no. of people on net.

* Bill gates & Paul Allen started a company called Traf-O-Data to monitor traffic flow.

* The four largest software makers in the world are:

1) Microsoft

2) Adobe

3) SAP

4) Computer Associates.

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