World Computer Literacy Day
“A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could
deceive a human into believing that it was human.” – Alan Turing
About
The World Computer Literacy Day is observed annually
on 2nd
December to create awareness and drive digital literacy in undeserved communities worldwide. The day promotes technological skills,
especially in children and women. The World Computer Literacy Day controls the
advanced gap that exists in the world today.
The
first observance of World Computer Literacy Day was held in the year 2001. The
event is being organized by NIIT, the Indian computer company. The celebration
of the Day falls on this date as it marks the 20th anniversary of NIIT. It is a
celebration Day that aims to increase awareness of about the access of
computers and its related technology efficiently. It is vital for any people of
any age to know all the basic knowledge and information about these techniques.
Computer literacy is the understanding of computer programming and how the
computers work. It is considered to be the essential skill to be possessed. The
Day curbs the digital divide that is present in the world today.
Fun facts about Computers
Nobody was computer literate before World
War II. Programmable computers first appeared in the late 1930s.
Digital literacy promotes entrepreneurship. here is some fun facts about Computer:-
- The very first computer was
an abacus invested 500 B.C in Babylon.
- The first electronic
computer system, ENIAC, weighed over 27 tons and occupied about 1,800 square
feet.
- The first hard drive
could only hold 5MB of data.
- The first 1GB hard disk
drive was announced in 1980 which weighed about 550 pounds, and had a price tag
of $40,000.
- The first mouse was made of
wood in 1964
- There are more than 5000
new computer viruses are released every month.
- The first webcam was used
at Cambridge University.
- 500 hours of Video are
uploaded to Facebook every minute according to Forecast.
- E-Mail was invented before
Internet.
- The term “World Wide Web”
was invented by Tim Berners in 1990.
- The First Known Computer
Programmer was a Woman (Ada Lovelace)
- The first woman to earn a
PhD in computer science in the U.S. goes by the name of Mary
Kenneth Keller.
- The most expensive
computer virus in history goes by the name of MyDoom.
- The Creeper is the
name of the first computer virus that was developed in 1971.
- The QWERTY keyboard
was invented to reduce the typing speed of users.
Celebration of World
Computer Literacy Day:
Support organizations that contribute to
computer literacy in developing countries.
Teach your kids how computers work. If you
introduce them to programming early, they will have a digital literacy
advantage throughout their lives.
World Computer Literacy
Day Theme 2021
The theme of the World
Computer Literacy Day is- “Literacy for human-centred recovery: Narrowing the
digital divide”. This year the day will be celebrated in order to help
people understand the language and the usage of computers.