Computer Security Day Sadly there is only one Computer Security Day each year as I know many people seem to never learn anything about Computer Security. Cyber security affects everything from where we bank and how we spend our money to who we elect to public office. It isn’t a joke, the worst email virus… Continue reading Computer Security Day
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Computer Security Day
Computer Security Day Sadly there is only one Computer Security Day each year as I know many people seem to never learn anything about Computer Security. Cyber security affects everything from where we bank and how we spend our money to who we elect to public office. It isn’t a joke, the worst email virus… Continue reading Computer Security Day
A Poem for Computer Users Over 50
A Poem For Computer Users Over 50 A computer was something on TV From a science-fiction show of note A window was something you hated to clean And ram was the cousin of a goat Meg was the name of my girlfriend And gig was a job for the nights Now they all mean different… Continue reading A Poem for Computer Users Over 50
The Story Of The First Computer Bug
The Story Of The First Computer Bug The story goes that On September 9, 1947, a team of computer scientists and engineers reported the world’s first computer bug. The massive (and I’m talking massive – It weighed 25 short tons (2,000 pounds/ton) and occupied over 4,000 square feet of floor space) Mark II Aiken Relay… Continue reading The Story Of The First Computer Bug
Why is the hard drive the C: drive?
Why Is The Hard Drive The C:> Drive? The reasoning behind it is very simple, but the story behind it is much more complex. Basically, it is because the A and B drives were dedicated to the floppy disk drives, which were what was used in the PC world, well before hard drives were mainstream.… Continue reading Why is the hard drive the C: drive?
The First Computer Virus
The First Computer Virus The first computer viruses were not what they are today, they were mostly made as practical jokes to play on co-workers or designed to find idle computer processes or to see how far someone could push their coding skills. The first real computer virus in the wild was called “Brain” and… Continue reading The First Computer Virus