Saturday, January 16, 2010

Ctrl-Alt-Del

Purdue University graduate David Bradley devises the most famous three-key combination in computer history: Ctrl-Alt-Del. In 1980, David Bradley is one of twelve IBM engineers working to create the IBM PC. Needing a simple way to restart the computer, should it fail, Bradley writes the code for a reboot sequence. The Ctrl-Alt-Del program is written in about five minutes.
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