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Engineering and its revolutions

The first electronic computer

The first electronic computer, called ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) , was developed in 1945. This giant occupied an entire room and was fundamental to the development of modern computing.

The origin of " copy-paste "

Larry Tesler, a computer engineer, invented the copy and paste function in 1981, a tool that revolutionized digital work.

The first computer virus

The first known computer virus, called "Creeper," was developed in 1971 and spread through ARPANET, the precursor to the internet.

The first mouse

The first computer mouse was built in 1964. It was made of wood and had only one button.

What does CAPTCHA mean?

The CAPTCHA test we use daily stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart,” or in Spanish, “Completely automated Turing test to distinguish machines from humans.”

Source: https://www.nosotros-los-ingenieros.com/

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