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How much do you really know about Digital Revolution? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Social media platforms like Facebook were the primary driver of the digital revolution.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

The revolution was driven by microprocessors, networking, and storage advances; social media came decades later.

2.

The digital revolution has only impacted communication, not manufacturing or healthcare.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

It revolutionized all sectors, from automated manufacturing (Industry 4.0) to digital health records and telemedicine.

3.

The digital revolution started with the invention of the personal computer in the 1970s.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

It began earlier with digital transistors and microchips in the 1950s-60s; PCs were a later milestone.

4.

The first webcam was created to monitor a coffee pot at Cambridge University.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

In 1991, researchers set up a camera to check coffee levels remotely, leading to the first webcam.

5.

Email was invented before the internet as we know it existed.

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Medium
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Email predates the internet, first used on ARPANET in 1971, while the modern internet emerged later.

6.

The first smartphone, IBM Simon, had a touchscreen and apps in 1994.

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Hard
✓ TRUE

IBM Simon launched in 1994 with a touchscreen, email, and calendar, making it the first smartphone.

7.

The term 'digital native' was coined in the 1990s by a marketing executive.

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Marc Prensky popularized 'digital native' in 2001, but it was first used in the 1990s by John Perry Barlow.

8.

Alan Turing invented the first digital computer in 1936.

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✗ FALSE

Turing proposed the theoretical Turing machine in 1936, but the first electronic digital computer (ENIAC) was built in 1945.

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