When did you start learning Computer?
By vipulchawla
@vipulchawla (2220)
India
August 4, 2008 6:58am CST
I was in class 6th when computers was introduced as a subject in my class.I would have been around 12 years old that time.Though, it was only basic, explaining about the hardware architecture of computers and DOS, that was the first time, i started to learn about computers. Then it was after 2 years when windows were finally introuced. Even my brother bought a PC in 1999, so that facilitated me in improving my hands-on practice ont he computer. Though, i wished to take computers as a subject in my 11th standard, but didn't take it as i was focussing on IT entrance. And it was finally in 2001 only when i was around 16 years old, when i came across internet and started using it? you can say, i got addicted to internet that time. But anyway, i have got habitual to using computers now and being a software engineer, i can say i am proficient in using computers..
How about you guys? When was the first time, u started using internet? At what age did you start using a computer?
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@winzpc (2354)
• Indonesia
4 Aug 08
I using internet when I am in class 6th. The same as you. I learn the computer in my school. Yeah. I learn the DOS first until I'm senior high school. I still learn the DOS os with the programe pascal, qbasic, lotus. But know i have forget all of that, because i change over into windows. I learn how to use internet. when I second level of senior high school around 17th. I surfing internet in internet rental, so I don't learn more on there. because the cost is expensive for me. Nowaday, I have own computer and using internet from my house. So I have learn some more internet useful in my life.
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
6 Aug 08
ya, learning internet becomes too expensive if you are using it in cybercafes. If you free access to internet, then you will get to leanr more. Well, i learnt .NET during my college and other programming languages like C, C++ and Vb and altogether a different OS when i came into job but i seem to have forgotten all of them now
@nahidbd (729)
• Bangladesh
4 Aug 08
I bought computer in 1997 and from then I got started my exciting journey of using computer.And now it is one of my best companion and friend. I use it for both my business purpose and personal pleasure. After buying the computer, I usually used the internet mainly cyber cafe. I personally started to use the internet more than 5 years ago.
@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
5 Aug 08
I have been using internet since last 7 years. I started using it in cybercafes, but while i was in college, i was provided internet connection through LAN. SO i have got a habit of using free internet
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
4 Aug 08
hi,computers and me are enemies.i do not know anything of computers.i did not have computers in school and then i was busy with my studies.so no time for computerstill my marraige.now i think i know basic of computers.lol.but please do not check my knowlegde.lol.good day.
@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
5 Aug 08
Don't worry, i am not gonna test ur knowledge about computers. Its good atleast at some point of time, you came to know about computers. And its nice to see you here.
Have a good day
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@keep_onwatch (2680)
• India
4 Aug 08
Hey i 've gotthe same procedure. Strated learning in the 6th class, and the same thing, until like 4 yrs ago, and im addicted to the net, when started using it. Any ways, How are you?
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
5 Aug 08
hi dear. Hmm.. Seems like we do share some common habits..
By the way, i am fine. I was hoping if we could have a chat or talk sometime, (if obviously ur hubby allows)
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@hacker4ever (297)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
In my case, I was using the computer at 7 years old way back 1996 when the most hi-tech OS then was Windows 95. I remember I was addicted in playing Dyna Blaster. That's my only reason to use the computer. Then internet came and I first had of it when I was 14. I was afraid of it then because rumors are already spread that it's addicting but I was forced to use it when I was developing a thesis. Then the successive years were a paradise to me as I use internet for everything until now. That's it.
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
4 Aug 08
thats cool. I know,computers these days have become a necessity in almost all the spheres of life. And for completing projects in college, its almost impossible to do anyting without it..
So its good to see you here
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@KelliJo420 (1)
• United States
4 Aug 08
The year: 1984
I was in junior high school, and my parents gave me a Commodore 64 (DOS and a few games), which hooked up to the tv. At that time it was awesome. Ha.
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
5 Aug 08
1984: ha ha, its the time when i was born.
Anyway, welcome to mylot.. Happy posting
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
18 Aug 08
Oh ya, we share the same profession. but i may be knowing less because i graduated in a different stream. I did my majors in Electronics and Communication. What did you do ur graduation in? And by the way what platform and environment in do you work now?
@cdparazo (5765)
• Philippines
5 Aug 08
I started using computer way back in high school which sometime in 1988 which makes me about 13 years old. At that time, we have use a diskette in order to boot the computer. What a time that was. I used learned basic programming too when I was in high school. though I pursued a different course or career when I reach my college day, it was still a time that I consider very good experience.
@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
19 Aug 08
I just could not imagine how the PC would be like before i came into senses. I pursued an altogether different career than what i am today. I did my graduation in a different field but landed up in a job of a Software Enginner.
@sharay (2769)
• India
6 Aug 08
the same like you, I started learning it when I was in sixth class which was introduced in my school as a new subject, and after it continued in every class until i came out of the school and then again, after i joined college, continued there...at which time internet was very popular and thats when i started to go to cafe's to browse in the internet and after college, i had to go for a job which mainly comprised of computer and it still continues....
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
6 Aug 08
well, i guess the journey to learning computers is never gonna end now. Its only going to be more and more sophisticated and advanced.
@kissie34 (2294)
• Philippines
5 Aug 08
I started learning computer when I'm in my 4th year high school.. Same as you, I learned only some basic computer skills.. Then during my 4th year high school, my dad bought a computer for us.. Then I begun learning computers through myself by surfing anything that I can see in the computer.. When I got into college since my course is Education, so I choose computer as my major.. Then I learned so many things about computers.. Now, I can say that I am computer literate because I can type fast without looking in the keyboard, I am expert using Microsoft Offices, making videos, editing pictures, and surfing from the internet.. But technical problem of computer, I admit that I really don't know how to deal with it..
@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
21 Aug 08
Its good yaar that you can type without looking at the keyboard. I haven't developed that habit yet though i have been using computers since a long time now. I can fix some minor defects related to hardware problems or i must say, i can identify the problem but not always i am able to resolve them. Hardware Engineering is completely a different thing and it requires a lot of knowledge about architecture and hardware for resolving such issues.
@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
6 Aug 08
Oh ya. just reminds me the same thing. we had to remove our shoes to step into the laboratory and then during vivas we would just be curious asking each and every student to knwo whats being asked in the viva...LOL
@tamarafireheart (15384)
•
5 Aug 08
Hello vipulchawla,
Well I got a shock in store for you, I started to learn how to us the computer just two months ago at ripe old age of 55, yes I have never touched a computer before and I was scared of it and I'm still scared of this computer. My friend got me on to networking and put me on to Mylot and I'm too scared to venture outside of Mylot, it is hard to understand the computer language but I'm getting there.
Tamara
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@falloutvic (222)
• Philippines
5 Aug 08
i can't really recall the exact year. I am 6-7 years old that time. but i first used a computer when my dad bought a pentium-166 compaq presario desktop pc. i think this is year 1997 because i had my first game installed in this pc which is released in year 1997 which is NBA Live 1998. lol.. after that i continued using computers since.
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@falloutvic (222)
• Philippines
5 Aug 08
internet? i can't really remember the exact years. but i remember when the dial-up modems rise, i started using internet. lol.
@mirage108 (3402)
• United States
5 Aug 08
Well I didn't have a computer class when I was in school. The First Computer that I had was a Commodore 64 and I bought it brand new when they came out back in the early 80's. as for using the internet I was on line with BBS's when they were out which was probably the for-runner of the internet. I first used the internet back in the early to mid 90's before it became popular.
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
12 Aug 08
Not even heard of that Commodore 64. I wasn't even bon that time..LOL
Was internet available that time too. The charges would have been very high??
Ya, i think internet wasn't that much popular till that time.But its good to see that u knew it before it became popular
Was internet available that time too. The charges would have been very high??
Ya, i think internet wasn't that much popular till that time.But its good to see that u knew it before it became popular @moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
4 Aug 08
i was around 12 and got aol when i just got my first computer.. havent left the internet or computers since lol
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@zeny_zion (1283)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
im married when i heard of computer. my one and only child was born when computer just introduced. i first use it when we have it in the office. of course, i dont know how to use it. but its not that hard to learn its like type writer the only thing unusual is, it has screen like you are watching on tv. very advance and hightech.
@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
10 Aug 08
Ya, i know. It becomes easy to learn computer at times, provided you have ample of time to spend infront of it. One can learn computer easily even if he/she spends tie daily infront of it browsing through the various options
@thefeenixx (12)
• United States
4 Aug 08
I think I started teaching myself basic html/css when I was around 12 or so. I don't even remember having a real computer class until 10th grade (and that was only for a semester at that).
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
10 Aug 08
Wow thats gr8. I mean learning HTML and CSS by your own at such a small age is reallly nice. At that age, i didn't even had any interest in learning computers.
@cjmobxnc (137)
• United States
5 Aug 08
I first started using a computer in 1983, and it was my first year in college. We didn't have the internet back then, and out operating system was BASIC. I learned COBOL programming in 1984, then I got married and had kids, and was out of the computer scene until 1994, when we got our first home PC. We didn't have internet on that one, but we were able to access dial up bulletin boards. In 1998, we had to get a new computer, which had dial-up internet. In 2001, we got cable internet and then my husband and I divorced. He took the computer, so it was 2003 before I got another computer, but haven't been without a computer since then. Had cable internet from then until March of this year, when I switched to dsl.
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
18 Aug 08
Wow !! I wasn't even born at the time you came across computers. And i just wonder how old has been cobol running. I learnt it in 2007 as a part of my job training. But its good to know that you have been a lot experienced in handling computers
@totalfluke (4)
•
5 Aug 08
i got my first computer during NATO (well, in fact USA) bombing of serbia in 1999. i was 12 years old then and mostly i was using it to play games (fallout 2 was my first and greates gaming love). now im a computer technician. i was starting using internet in about year 2002, and it was dial-up internet, since last year ive started using adsl (finally!).
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@vipulchawla (2220)
• India
18 Aug 08
Oh thats gr8. I never knew that your achievemnet of learning a computer started with such an excitement(bombing of Serbia). So you have rememberd the date as well.
