A "LAN" is called a____?
Answer: local area network
a file Which has a "hidden attribute" is called a____?
Answer: hidden file
After breaking into physicist Tsutomu Shimomura's computer on Christmas in 1994, What legendary hacker was taken down?
Answer: Kevin Mitnick
All keys that have a "F" with a number,are called a____?
Answer: function key
Charlie the pet dog was replace by What in the remake of the Absent-minded Professor called "Flubber" in 1997?
Answer: Weebo, the computer
Demo means____?
Answer: demonstration
Digital Equipment Corporation sued What computer chip manufacturer claiming it stole the technology to develop the Pentium Pro?
Answer: Intel Corporation
From What source did William Henry Gates III amass his fortune?
Answer: Computer software
Hal, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, got its name how?
Answer: The letters before I B and M
How many bits are in a nibble?
Answer: 4
How much cache did the Coppermine CPU have?
Answer: 256k
How much cache did the Katmai CPU have?
Answer: 512k
How much cache did the Mendocino CPU have?
Answer: 128k
How much cache did the Thunderbird CPU have?
Answer: 256k
How much cache did the Tualatin CPU have?
Answer: 512k
How much cache did the Willamette CPU have?
Answer: 256k
In computer lingo What is a MUD?
Answer: Multi User Computer Game
In What field of study are the terms CPU, PC, and VDU used?
Answer: Computer Science
In What year was the Intel Pentium processor introduced?
Answer: 1993
List some operating systems
, "DOS", "Windows 95", "Unix", "OS/2", "Windows NT", "Linux", "System 7", "FreeBSD", "SunOS", "SVR4"
List some parts
"Hard Drive", "Monitor", "Keyboard", "Mouse", "Modem", "Printer", "Joystick", "RAM", "Motherboard", "Video Card"
MHz stands for____?
Answer: megahertz
Movie maker George Lucas Filed a law suit against President Ronald Reagan to get him to stop referring to an outer space computer controlled defense system as What?
Answer: Star Wars
On "Windows 95/98",What application can you use to see all the files that you have on your computer?
Answer: explorer
On the birthday of a famous painter, every March 6th, What computer virus strikes?
Answer: Michelangelo
Originally, ENIAC, the world's first "modern" computer was constructed to do What?
Answer: To compute ballistic trajectories for artillery shells
Pixar created a 1995 blockbuster hit move using computer animation. What was the title of the movie?
Answer: Toy Story
Red Hat and Yellow Dog are computer outfits that distributed an alternative computer operating system. What was the name of the system?
Answer: Linux
That big square thing you're staring at right now is called a ____?
Answer: monitor
The Dancing Baby computer generated 3D image danced it's way onto What TV show in 1998?
Answer: Ally McBeal
The displays commonly found in notebook and laptop computers are called What?
Answer: Liquid Crystal Display
The Electronic Frontier Foundation named its $250,000 computer designed to crack the U.S. government's outdated DES cryptographic code What?
Answer: Deep Crack
The first computer used for weather research was named What?
Answer: MANIAC
The generic term for the mechanical, electrical and electronic components of a computer are called What?
Answer: Hardware
The Internet Relay Chat Program, Which normally connects to port 6667, is more commonly known as ____?
Answer: IRC
The Los Angeles Police Department developed a computer program to help solve homicides. What was it called?
Answer: HITMAN
to erase data or files from your computer is to____?
Answer: format
To reorganize the data on your hard drive?
Answer: defragment
to transmit files from a central computer or server to another is called____?
Answer: upload
What common element is used in the manufacture of computer chips?
Answer: Silicon
What country did the operating system 'Linux' come from?
Answer: Finland
What did Charles Babbage invent When he designed his analytical engine in 1833?
Answer: Computer
What do you call a "file extension" given to "batch files"?
Answer: bat
What does 'IBM' stand for?
Answer: International Business Machines
What does IETF stand for?
Answer: Internet Engineering Task Force
What does RAM stand for?
Answer: random access memory
What does TFT mean When seen on a monitor?
Answer: thin film transistor
What does the 'x' mean When referring to the speed of a CD-rom (eg. 32x)?
Answer: times (faster than standard speed)
What is MUD an abbreviation for?
Answer: Multiple User Dungeon
What is the code name for Pentium III cpu's with 256k cache?
Answer: Copper mine
What is the code name for Pentium III cpu's with 512k cache?
Answer: Katmai
What is the code name for Pentium IV cpu's with 256k cache?
Answer: Willamette
What is the code name for Pentium IV cpu's with 512k cache?
Answer: Northwood
What is the difference between the Intel 386DX and the Intel 386SX processor?
Answer: Math Coprocessor
What is the reason behind the layout of the Qwerty keyboard?
Answer: To slow down typing rates
What is the successor to AMD's 5x86 CPU?
Answer: Athlon
What is the successor to AMD's Athlon CPU?
Answer: Athlon XP
What is the successor to ATI's Rage 128 video chipset?
Answer: Radeon
What is the successor to ATI's Rage Pro video chipset?
Answer: Rage 128
What is the successor to Intel's Pentium CPU?
Answer: Pentium II
What is the successor to Intel's Pentium II CPU?
Answer: Pentium III
What is the successor to Intel's Pentium III CPU?
Answer: Pentium IV
What is the successor to Nvidia's Geforce 256 video chipset?
Answer: Geforce 2
What is the successor to Nvidia's Geforce2 video chipset?
Answer: Geforce3
What is the successor to Nvidia's Riva 128 video chipset?
Answer: TNT
What is the successor to Nvidia's TNT video chipset?
Answer: TNT2
What is the successor to Nvidia's TNT2 video chipset?
Answer: Geforce 256
What is the successor to the Intel 486 CPU?
Answer: Pentium
What is the web program "web crawler" used for?
Answer: search engine
What key on the keyboard "shifts" the alphabets keys to "uppercase"?
Answer: caps lock
What kind of fruit was used to name a computer in 1984?
Answer: Apple
What letter is between Q and E on a computer keyboard?
Answer: W
What personal computer became a video production system with the addition of New Tek's Video Toaster?
Answer: Amiga
What size cache do Pentium II cpu's have?
Answer: 512k
What time doe the computer virus W32.MARIJUANA interrupt you to suggest taking a break?
Answer: 4:20 p.m.
What type of memory do i815 motherboards use?
Answer: SDRAM
What type of memory do i820 motherboards use?
Answer: RDRAM
What type of memory do i845 motherboards use?
Answer: DDR-SDRAM
What type of memory do i850 motherboards use?
Answer: RDRAM
What type of memory do Intel BX motherboards use?
Answer: SDRAM
What type of memory do KT133 motherboards use?
Answer: SDRAM
What type of memory do KT266 motherboards use?
Answer: DDR-SDRAM
What type of printer did Seiko develop for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?
Answer: dot matrix
What U.S. Democratic senator had the first internet home page?
Answer: Ted Kennedy
What was Fortran designed for?
Answer: Formula Translation
What was invented over 3000 years ago that is now considered the first 'computer'?
Answer: abacus
What was the first version of Microsoft Windows to have networking capabilities?
Answer: Windows for Workgroups
What was the first version of Microsoft Windows?
Answer: Windows 286
What was the name of the computer company that was named after the founder's memories of a summer in an Orchard in Oregon?
Answer: Apple
What was the name of the computer language named after a French philosopher and mathematician?
Answer: PASCAL
What year was the first IBM pc introduced?
Answer: 1981
When software stops responding & your computer freezes, What has happened to your computer?
Answer: it crashed
Which brothers built a home-made supercomputer to calculate the digits of Pi?
Answer: Chudnovsky
Which computer company dropped the Play Station line and created an Aptiva brand computer for home users?
Answer: IBM corporation
Which computer language is an acronym of the name of the world's first computer programmer?
Answer: ADA
Which drive is mostly the "main drive" on a pc computer?
Answer: drive c:
Who is the CEO of Apple computers?
Answer: Steve Jobs
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