The IT industry is one of the youngest in history, but it has already managed to form its own legends and myths. And not every specialist will distinguish an invention from a historical fact. We present you five known stories that have become cornerstone of various directions of this industry.
Bugs
In the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, a page is stored from a magazine of work with a computer Mark II computer at Harvard University of 1947. Mol is glued on the page with a sticky tape, in English “Bug” (beetle), whose hit in the relay caused a confusion in the computer. And it also writes out that this is the first real case of detecting an error in an already compiled program. However, it is worth noting that Thomas Edison in 1878 stated that we need to come up with an analogue of “trap for beetles” when searching for incomprehensible malfunctions in complex mechanisms.
AMD Athlon-2 processors could be unlocked with a regular pencil
The first generation of Athlon processors in the early 2000s was perfect for overclocking, which enthusiasts were used, as well as scammers-they sold manually modernized chips exorbitant prices. To counteract him, the second generation Athlon received an acceleration block, but the hackers quickly found out that it consists in a simple gap between the L1 bridges. It could be eliminated using a conventional pencil, as the graphite graphite conducts current. True, an ideal eye and firm hands were required – one wrong movement could destroy the processor.
The first Apple logo and the third founder of the company
The history of Apple is mistakenly represented as the history of Steve Jobs, in reality, he played far from the main role. For example, at the time of the creation of the company, Steve Voznyak made the first computer, and Ronald Wayne, the third founder, drew its logo. It was a complex drawing with the image of Isaac Newton under an apple tree filled with different metaphors. Jobs did nothing, he only criticized the work of his friends, which led to Wayne’s care, after which the logo he invented was changed to more concise and simple in the image.
In the advertising of Apple gadgets, the screen on the screen is always shown 9:41
On January 9, 2007, a historical event took place – the presentation of the first iPhone, which is often and unfairly called the first smartphone in history. The technology was raw, a copy in the hands of Jobs fired right during the demonstration, Steve was nervous, and in the end the main event happened only 40 minutes after the start of the event. Since then, this is a tribute to memory-all Apple presentations are planned based on revealing the most interesting after the 40th minute.
But there is an exception – the time on the watch Apple Watch shows 10:09, which is a reference to an old watch advertising with a traditional dial. It is believed that the arrows in this position form the most visually attractive figure.
The word “spam” comes from the name of canned meat
In 1937, Hormel Foods launched a new type of canned meat called Spam, which turned out to be so successful that the American army bought them in a huge excess. Canned goods were in demand after the war, and they gave the beginning of fashion for canned food in everyday life. They literally filled all the stores, which made fun of the Monti Pieton in the 1970s in the 1970s. The word “spam” began to be associated with something massive and annoying, so when in the 90s, with the emergence of the Internet, unwanted mailing posts appeared, it was to the place to indicate a new phenomenon.