6 Facts Of Life Which Are Not As We Think They Are

1. Refresh Has The Power To Make Your Computer Work Faster:

The system needs to refresh whenever a new file is added or removed from the desktop. While the operating system is programmed to do this automatically, there are certain instances where it could fail to do this. To tackle this particular problem, Microsoft built a refresh option. So its just a misconception that the refresh button will improve the efficiency of the computer, its nothing like that.

2. HTML Is An STD:

It is because of HTML that we are reading this article at this moment while staying at our workplace. HTML is in a lot of things, from the Facebook page to our email, in short we can say that everything online works because of HTML. So we can say that HTML is a computer language that makes our web-pages come alive.

3. One In Every Four Americans Believe In Conspiracy Theories:

America is known as the land of the free but a large number of conspiracy theories are rife here. From the assassination of  John. F. Kennedy to the lineage of Obama there are a lot of conspiracy theories that the Americans believe in. And the list does not end here but there are a lot more to come.

4. Americans Got Their Independence From Mexico:

Another great misconception  is that the Declaration of Independence was signed on 4th July whereas it was rectified by the Congress on 4th July 1776. Then Americans believe that they got their independence from China or Mexico while others believe it was from France.While 75% are correct that Americans got their independence from UK.

5. A Browser Is A Search Engine:

A web browser is a software application that allows you to access web pages and other information from the world wide web. In simpler terms we can say that a browser is used to access web pages directly if you know their address or the URL.

6. Men Think They Can Fix Their Computers Themselves:

According to a survey conducted about 44% of the men think that they can fix their computers if there is a problem in it. But when asked even a simple question about computers they were unable to answer it.

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