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

asked Jul 13, 2020 at 11:22

63 votes

7 answers

18k views

What did the 'turbo' button actually do?

asked May 20, 2019 at 11:19

49 votes

7 answers

36k views

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

asked Jan 8 at 10:51

44 votes

3 answers

20k views

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

asked May 13, 2019 at 13:39

35 votes

1 answer

12k views

Is it true that Netscape Navigator eventually became Mozilla Firefox?

asked Mar 24, 2020 at 13:31

33 votes

8 answers

11k views

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

asked May 5, 2020 at 8:44

30 votes

6 answers

16k views

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?

asked Aug 6, 2019 at 15:23

27 votes

3 answers

8k views

Why was MacOS unix certified?

asked Jun 4 at 15:37

23 votes

10 answers

6k views

Was Objective-C really a hindrance to Apple software development? [closed]

asked Apr 23, 2019 at 12:07

22 votes

3 answers

8k views

Where did the term ‘blue screen of death’ come from?

asked Mar 6, 2022 at 10:59

21 votes

5 answers

3k views

Did Xerox really develop the first LAN?

asked Apr 15, 2019 at 16:13

20 votes

4 answers

5k views

Who invented garbage collection?

asked Jan 19 at 18:32

16 votes

4 answers

16k views

How were the signs for logical and arithmetic operators decided?

asked Sep 26 at 16:55

16 votes

5 answers

6k views

What is the source of the Apple logo?

asked Sep 11, 2021 at 6:50

8 votes

6 answers

9k views

Why do keyboards with a NumPad repeat the numbers?

asked Aug 10, 2020 at 8:56

5 votes

2 answers

529 views

How did Microsoft get away with JScript? [closed]

asked Mar 24, 2020 at 13:24

4 votes

2 answers

470 views

Are ECMA and ANSI sister organisations?

asked Mar 19, 2021 at 16:55

3 votes

1 answer

404 views

Did Xerox engineers really develop the first graphical user interface? [closed]

asked Apr 15, 2019 at 13:52

2 votes

0 answers

141 views

Can the quality of a programming language be objectively determined? [closed]

asked May 13, 2019 at 10:15

2 votes

0 answers

137 views

What was the influence of the 'Legion of Doom' and the e-zine Phrack on early computer culture? [closed]

asked Aug 6, 2019 at 12:34

2 votes

3 answers

341 views

How did Linux servers become the defacto web server? [closed]

asked Sep 23, 2020 at 6:48

1 vote

1 answer

380 views

Why does Linux not show you an asterisk when you enter a character for a password? [closed]

asked Dec 22, 2020 at 15:45

1 vote

1 answer

181 views

Did the computing power of end users increase at a steady pace over the years? [closed]

asked Mar 19, 2021 at 16:18

1 vote

2 answers

543 views

Was server operating systems ever created with a terminal operating system in mind? [closed]

asked Nov 15, 2021 at 15:55

1 vote

0 answers

431 views

Where does Hello World come from? [closed]

asked May 12, 2022 at 17:45

1 vote

0 answers

772 views

How does Holy C differ from regular C? [closed]

asked Apr 14 at 7:31

0 votes

1 answer

262 views

Will there have to be a concerted effort to train new developers for legacy systems? [closed]

asked Oct 5, 2020 at 8:03

0 votes

3 answers

316 views

What exactly has the windows OS relationship been towards MS server offerings?

asked May 6, 2020 at 13:44

0 votes

1 answer

335 views

What was this computer I remembered? [closed]

asked Apr 27, 2019 at 7:50

-1 votes

4 answers

509 views

Was it true that Microsoft actually created software for early Apple devices?

asked Feb 24, 2020 at 8:42

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31 Questions

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

What did the 'turbo' button actually do?

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

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

Is it true that Netscape Navigator eventually became Mozilla Firefox?

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

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?

Why was MacOS unix certified?

Was Objective-C really a hindrance to Apple software development? [closed]

Where did the term ‘blue screen of death’ come from?

Did Xerox really develop the first LAN?

Who invented garbage collection?

How were the signs for logical and arithmetic operators decided?

What is the source of the Apple logo?

Why do keyboards with a NumPad repeat the numbers?

How did Microsoft get away with JScript? [closed]

Are ECMA and ANSI sister organisations?

Did Xerox engineers really develop the first graphical user interface? [closed]

Can the quality of a programming language be objectively determined? [closed]

What was the influence of the 'Legion of Doom' and the e-zine Phrack on early computer culture? [closed]

How did Linux servers become the defacto web server? [closed]

Why does Linux not show you an asterisk when you enter a character for a password? [closed]

Did the computing power of end users increase at a steady pace over the years? [closed]

Was server operating systems ever created with a terminal operating system in mind? [closed]

Where does Hello World come from? [closed]

How does Holy C differ from regular C? [closed]

Will there have to be a concerted effort to train new developers for legacy systems? [closed]

What exactly has the windows OS relationship been towards MS server offerings?

What was this computer I remembered? [closed]

Was it true that Microsoft actually created software for early Apple devices?