Oct 6 2008 5:03PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
wireless,
Mobile,
Tech Trivia,
telecommunications,
Channel,
CIO
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Long Term Evolution (LTE).
Tech Trivia
What is the WiMAX service that Sprint Nextel rolled out last month in Baltimore? (Hint: It rhymes with “home.”)
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
In data transmission, this is the amount of data moved successfully from one place to another in a given time period. It’s often confused with bandwidth. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
Wireless broadband consumers will likely have two choices in the U.S. domestic market: LTE and WiMAX. What does WiMAX stand for?
Answer
Oct 3 2008 10:35AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Mersenne prime.
Tech Trivia
Is 29 a prime number?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
In mathematics, this refers to any whole (non-fractional) number. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
FLT is a significant hypothesis in number theory that was first stated by a 17th-Century laywer and amateur mathematician. What does FLT stand for?
Answer
Oct 2 2008 10:32AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Tech Trivia,
cloud computing,
business model,
DataCenter,
Virtualization
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is private cloud.
Tech Trivia
What does a cloud represent in flow charts?
Answer (Scroll to the second paragraph.)
Secret Word of the Day
Tom Davis, one of the founders of CGI, invented this jargon-based game that’s played surreptitiously during meetings. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
A VPN provides users with secure access over the Internet. What does VPN stand for?
Answer
Oct 1 2008 11:09AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Tech Trivia,
GNU,
open source,
UNIX,
operating systems
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is GNU.
Tech Trivia
Quagga is an open source project named after a zebra with a striped front end and a plain brown back end. True or false?
Answer (Scroll to the last paragraph.)
Secret Word of the Day
This is the essential center of a computer operating system, the core that provides basic services for all other parts of the operating system. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
The FSF was founded in 1983 along with its demonstration GNU project. What does FSF stand for?
Answer
Sep 30 2008 11:15AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Tech Trivia,
programming,
Security,
hacking,
malware,
spyware,
personal computing
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is principle of least privilege.
Tech Trivia
What does a honey monkey imitate:
a. a bee
b. a monkey
c. a human
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is the unauthorized download of data from a computer to a small device with storage capacity, such as a Flash drive or an iPod or other MP3 player. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
A CAPTCHA typically features an image file of slightly distorted alphanumeric characters. What does CAPTCHA stand for?
Answer
Sep 29 2008 11:41AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Tech Trivia,
advertising,
CRM,
Development,
programming
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is impact-based advertising.
Tech Trivia
What do twips measure?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is an initial page that appears briefly as a promotion or lead-in to a site’s home page. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
CTR is the percentage of times that viewers of a Web page click on a given ad. What does CTR stand for?
Answer
Sep 26 2008 7:58PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Tech Trivia,
malware,
personal computing
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is malvertizement.
Tech Trivia
What Windows keyboard shortcut did IBM engineer David Bradley invent so developers could reboot their computers without taking time to power them down?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is a sequence of instructions that can be executed as one command. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
Web 2.0 developers use AJAX to build interactive Web applications that process user requests without making the whole page refresh. What does AJAX stand for?
Answer
Sep 24 2008 8:47PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
optical networking,
hardware,
Networking,
network administration,
photonics,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is passive optical network (PAN).
Tech Trivia
Who named Ethernet and is credited as a co-inventor of the technology?
Answer (Scroll to the third paragraph.)
Secret Word of the Day
It sounds like something you’d find providing connectivity to naval warships. This high-bandwidth networking technology is used for Internet access and communication among business, academic and government local area networks (LANs). What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
A ROADM is a device that can add, block, pass or redirect modulated IR and visible light beams of various wavelengths in a fiber optic network. ROADMs are used in systems that employ wavelength division multiplexing. What does ROADM stand for?
Answer
Sep 24 2008 1:56PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
IBM,
Business software,
Database,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for September 23 was PL/SQL.
Tech Trivia
What “relationship” did E.F. Codd invent at IBM in 1970?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
In a database management system, this is a set of SQL statements with an assigned name that’s retained in the database in compiled form so that it can be shared by a number of programs. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
Dr. Who might find this type of database worth exploring. An MDB is a type of database that is optimized for data warehouse and OLAP applications. What does MDB stand for?
Answer
