You've
probably heard that Wikipedia is a great resource for learning about the world.
You might especially like the technology section, because it's chock-full of
interesting tidbits and facts about how everything works. But if you take a
look at some of these articles, you'll realize that there are some things that
Wikipedia can't tell you—and it may surprise you! Here are ten things we think
are fascinating but not mentioned on Wikipedia:
- The first ever portable computer
- This
is how Facebook plans to take over the world
- The
secret behind Google's search engine
- Why
Sony Walkman is a big thing!
- How
exactly do satellite phones work?
- Who
invented YouTube and how they did it?
- Wikipedia
cannot tell everything about technologies.
The first ever portable computer
The first
portable computer was released in 1981, and it weighed 22 pounds. It had a 5
inch display, which was nothing compared to today’s touch screens or Smartphone.
The Osborne
1 was powered by a Zilog Z80 CPU and came with 40KB of memory (the same amount
that you could fit on two floppy disks). You couldn't run programs from an
external hard drive or even save your work on the Osborne's internal memory;
this meant everything had to be done manually.
This is how Facebook plans to take
over the world
You might
have a lot of friends on Facebook, but you don't use it as much as you could.
Maybe it's because you're not interested in what your friends are doing or how
they're feeling. Or maybe it's because you're trying to avoid getting caught up
in the drama of your social network—and don't want to see all those status
updates about who shared what photo and where they were at the time. Whatever
the reason, there are tons of other social media platforms out there that can
help you connect with others in new ways:
- Twitter
is great for sharing links and stories from news sites (like this one), but
it's also good for following celebrities and meme accounts like
@BakedAlaska_OG.
- Instagram offers more privacy than Twitter does; users can filter their feed so only
certain people see certain content based on age limits or location data set by
account owners themselves! This means fewer distractions from bad comments
about someone else's cat photos...
The secret behind Google's search
engine
The secret
behind Google's search engine is based on a link analysis algorithm called Page
Rank. It's an algorithm that helps determine the rank of a page in a website's
results, and it was named after Larry Page, one of the founders of Google.
Page Rank is
actually an extended version of another algorithm called TF-IDF (term frequency
– inverse document frequency), which denotes how well or often terms appear in
documents relative to how often they occur within those documents; this lets
you determine how important each word or phrase is within your dataset.
Now that we
know what Page Rank does, let’s take a look at why it works so well:
Why Sony Walkman is a big thing!
The first
portable music player was invented by Sony and released in 1979. It was called
Walkman and was named after its inventor, Masaru Ibuka. The device could be
used to play tapes, cassettes or CDs directly from a CD player or tape
recorder.
In 1982, the
MP3 format for digital audio files began to replace analog formats such as LPs
(long playing records). This became popular because it allowed people to store
more music on their computers without having to buy new albums every time they
wanted one song out of an album that had been previously purchased through
iTunes or similar applications...
How exactly do satellite phones work?
Now that
you're familiar with the basics of satellite phones, let's take a look at how
they actually work.
The basic
premise behind using a satellite phone is that it connects to satellites in
space and uses them to transmit signals. Signals travel through space at
roughly half the speed of light and can be received by any receiver on Earth
(or beyond). In order for this technology to work, there must be an orbiting
satellite that can receive those signals; however, there are many different
types of satellites available today—some even have multiple frequencies
available for use!
So how
exactly do these things work? Well first things first: when making calls using
a satellite phone network like Iridium or Global star, you'll need some kind of
terminal device such as an adapter pack or headset adapter/phone cord set up so
that your calls aren't interrupted by static during transmission! Once
connected properly though, you're good till next time!"
Who invented YouTube and how they did
it?
YouTube has
become one of the most popular video sharing platforms in the world. It was
created by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen in 2005, who had been working on a
website called Jibber Jobber at their previous company, PayPal. They wanted to
create a platform where people could upload videos without expecting much money
from advertisers since it was still pretty new at that time (and even today).
The
inspiration for this idea came from watching TV shows like South Park or The
Simpsons which were often distributed on TV channels like Comedy Central or MTV
respectively. You can see how these shows are still entertaining today because
they use graphics and sound effects while they’re talking!
You might be
wondering what exactly makes up YouTube? Well, it's basically an online
database where users can upload their own content onto it via mobile devices
such as Smartphone or tablets; however there isn't any limit on how much data
you want to upload into this database so do keep that in mind when considering
whether or not you should start uploading videos onto your own channel :)
Wikipedia cannot tell everything
about technologies.
Wikipedia is
a great resource for information. It can tell you where to find the best brand
of milk or what time the sun will rise tomorrow, but it cannot tell you
everything about technologies. There are many things that are not included in
Wikipedia and even if they were included, they may not be complete enough to
give an accurate description of a technology.
For example:
The internet was invented by the US government scientists at ARPA during the
1960s and 70s under President Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ). LBJ gave these scientists
funding because he thought that if we could create an infrastructure for
communication around the world then we would have peace everywhere!
Conclusion
The best
thing is that Wikipedia can help you in many ways. You can easily find
information about technologies and other things that are useful. You don't need
to go to the library or other sources to get access to this information. All
you need is just a computer or smartphone with internet connection and then all
of your problems will be solved!
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