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How were the signs for logical and arithmetic operators decided?

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How could early UNIX OS comprise so few lines of code?

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Is it true that Netscape Navigator eventually became Mozilla Firefox?

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How exactly did Windows become the OS of the home PC?

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Were any of the books mentioned in this scene from the movie Hackers real?

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Why is the keyboard and cellphone / telephone numbers in a different order?

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Is it true that control+alt+delete only became a thing because IBM would not build Bill Gates a computer with a task manager button?

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What did the 'turbo' button actually do?

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