#computers
Questions about “computers”.
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Why are keyboards laid out QWERTY?
On computers and smartphones alike, the top row starts Q, W, E, R, T, Y. It is not alphabetical, so where did this odd arrangement come from?
Does “Wi-Fi” actually mean anything?
We say “Wi-Fi” almost every day, and many of us assume it is short for something. One of the people who was there when it was named gives a surprising answer.
What was the first computer?
Computers now fit in our pockets. Try to name the very first one, though, and the trail runs from 19th-century blueprints to wartime secrets and into a courtroom.