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TMW21 I
TMW21 I
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(B) Read the web page below and answer the questions follow.
The worlds first computer was called colossus and developed by british government during the second world war. The worlds first private electronic computer was completed in 1946 at the university of Pennsylvania (USA) and called the Electronic Numerical Integrator and calculator (ENIAC). It was 8 feet high by 80 feet long and weighed 30 tons! 3. The internet was originally called the ARPAnet because it began with the US Department of Defenses Advanced Reseach Projects Agency in 1969. 4. The internet was born on 20 october 1969 with the first transmission of data. The first transmission of data was the letters L and O 5. The term surfing the internet was coined by jean armour Polly in 1992 6. The sign @ is technically called the amphora 7. The idea of using emoticons which are symbols that indicate certainemotions in an email, was made by Kevin Mackenzie in 1979 8. Web pages use a special language called Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) 9. Around 80 % of all information on the World Wide Web (www) is in the English language 10. Google, the best search engine on the web, takes its name from the word googol which is the number represented by one followed by 100 zeros. 1) What was the worlds find private computer called? 2) In what year was the first data transmitted? 3) What are the symbols used to represent several emoticons in e-mails? 4) Most of the information on the www is in .
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