Jul 31 2008 6:55PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
encryption,
Intel,
Mobile,
Web browsers,
electronics,
Microsoft,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is UMPC.
Tech Trivia
What was the first GUI Web browser for Microsoft Windows?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This small Internet communications unit is designed to provide entertainment, information and location-based services for the consumer market (rather than the enterprise). What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
CCMP is an encryption protocol that forms part of the 802.11i standard for WLANs, particularly those using WiMax technology. What does CCMP stand for?
Answer
Jul 29 2008 4:44PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
UNIX,
operating systems,
open source,
electronics
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is Heartbeat.
Tech Trivia
In electronics, is a jack a male or female connector?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This open source collection of tools allows Unix or Linux applications to be compiled and run on a Windows operating system from within a Linux-like interface. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
Richard Stallman and others created the FSF and demonstrated that an OS could be developed and shared freely. The result was the Unix-like GNU in August 1996. What does FSF stand for?
Answer
Jul 28 2008 5:45PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Development,
open source,
programming,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is Subversion.
Tech Trivia
What programming strategy was inspired by Toyota’s assembly-line manufacturing methodology?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
In agile software development, this is a defined period of time during which a task must be accomplished. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
An SDWT is a group of people, usually employees in a company, who combine different skills and talents to work without the usual managerial supervision toward a common purpose or goal. What does SDWT stand for?
Answer
Jul 25 2008 12:00PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
displays,
electronics,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is electronic paper display (EPD).
Tech Trivia
What company created an electronic paper called Gyricon?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is an electronic, rollable and refreshable version of something you probably read every day. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
P-Ink is a substance that can change color electronically to display any color value in the spectrum. What does P-Ink stand for?
Answer
Jul 24 2008 11:39AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Networking,
Security,
Mobile,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is evil twin.
Tech Trivia
Who demonstrated the potential of “transmitting intelligence without wires” in the late 1800s?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is the act of driving around trying to locate (and possibly exploit) connections to wireless LANs. What’s the secret word? (Hint: It sounds like you might be driving a jeep or a tank.)
Answer
Acronym Challenge
WPA provides more sophisticated data encryption than WEP (wired equivalent privacy). What does WPA stand for?
Answer
Jul 23 2008 12:23PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Networking,
Security,
Mobile,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is PEAP.
Tech Trivia
Spock had one of these from the Star Trek mirror universe — in a WLAN context, it describes a counterfeit access point. What is it?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This slightly risque-sounding operational mode allows a network device to intercept and read each network packet that arrives in its entirety. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
A WAN is a wide area network and a LAN is a local area network. What’s a PAN?
Answer
Jul 22 2008 4:04PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
Linux,
open source,
Exchange,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is distributed replicated block devices (DRBDs).
Tech Trivia
What is the TCP/IP protocol for sending and receiving email?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This fish-loving bird is generally accepted as the official logo for the Linux operating system. Who’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
This kind of FLOSS won’t help you a bit with your dental hygiene. FLOSS is software developed by informal collaborative networks of programmers. What does FLOSS stand for?
Answer
Jul 21 2008 4:38PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Storage,
Mobile,
green computing,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is virtual provisioning.
Tech Trivia
Last year, 276 _______ were lost at Reagan National Airport. (269 were returned.)
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
If the properties of electron spin can be “tamed” for practical applications, this technology could offer higher data transfer speed, greater processing power, improved memory density and increased storage capacity in hard drives and other storage components. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
SaaS isn’t just for software. SaaS can also refer to a business model in which third-party providers rent space to end users that lack the capital budget and/or technical personnel to implement and maintain their own infrastructure. What does SaaS stand for, in this context?
Answer
Jul 18 2008 5:36PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
UNIX,
Apple,
Web browsers,
Tech Trivia,
education
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is iTunes U.
Tech Trivia
What computer-based training network, developed in the 1960s, is often credited as the earliest example of a virtual community?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This keyboard-oriented, text-only Web browser was developed at the University of Kansas primarily for students who used UNIX workstations. What is the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
NSFNET was a network for research computing deployed in the mid-1980s that in time also became the first backbone infrastructure for the commercial public Internet. NET meant “network — what does NFS stand for?
Answer
