Oct 30 2008 11:06AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
telecommunications,
collaboration,
instant messaging,
email,
communications,
Telepresence,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is communication portal.
Tech Trivia
What’s an evil twin, in a communications context?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This spooky phenomenon happens when your computer attempts to make a dial-up connection automatically. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
The acronym POTS is sometimes used to differentiate traditional telephone systems from newer technologies. What does POTS stand for?
Answer
Oct 29 2008 11:23AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Microsoft Windows,
programming,
Web 2.0,
Web services,
Microsoft,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is ARAX (Asynchronous Ruby and XML).
Tech Trivia
According to the pasta theory of programming, which is better: spaghetti or ravioli?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
Yukihiro Matsumoto called his object-oriented language this to suggest “a jewel of a language.” What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
OLE is a Microsoft framework for a compound document technology. What does OLE stand for?
Answer
Oct 28 2008 11:27AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
advertising,
marketing,
brain,
neuromarketing
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is neuromarketing.
Tech Trivia
Which type of brain wave would be associated with answering this question: alpha or beta?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This term describes a complete transfer of accessible knowledge about a particular subject from your brain to some other storage medium, such as paper or your computer’s hard drive. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
BCI enables signals from the brain to direct some external activity, such as control of a cursor or a prosthetic limb. What does BCI stand for?
Answer
Oct 27 2008 12:52PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Security,
spyware,
browsers,
advertising,
antivirus,
marketing,
malware,
Adobe,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is IFrame.
Tech Trivia
What was hidden in the original Trojan horse?
Answer (Scroll to the second paragraph.)
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’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
HCI is the study of how people interact with computers and how to design computers for successful interaction with human beings. What does HCI stand for?
Answer
Oct 24 2008 4:47PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
IBM,
antivirus,
SaaS,
malware,
Web 2.0,
Amazon,
cloud computing,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is CloudAV.
Tech Trivia
What’s the name of IBM’s set of cloud computing services?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This marketing term is used by vendors promoting an enterprise computing architecture that’s protected by a firewall.
What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
Amazon EC2 is a Web-based service that allows business subscribers to run application programs in the Amazon cloud. What does EC2 stand for?
Answer
Oct 23 2008 8:48PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
DARPA,
email,
Exchange,
Tech Trivia,
personal computing
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is disposable email account.
Tech Trivia
According to Eric Allman, what was the “killer app” of the ARPANET?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
Even inboxes aren’t recession-proof. When you declare this, you’re acknowledging that your email has become unmanageable and that you’ve made the decision to either purge your inbox and start afresh or, more radically, to renounce email altogether. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
Users typically employ SMTP for sending e-mail and either POP3 or IMAP for receiving e-mail. What does IMAP stand for?
Answer
Oct 22 2008 4:42PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
VoIP,
telecommunications,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is SIP trunking.
Tech Trivia
Like HTTP or SMTP, SIP works in the ___________ layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) communications model. What is it?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
Elephants have ‘em, people swim in them and you’ll find them on the luggage rack. In IT, it’s a line or link designed to handle many signals simultaneously. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
SIMPLE is a protocol that applies SIP to unified communications. What does SIMPLE stand for?
Answer
Oct 21 2008 6:25PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Database,
Development,
SQL Server,
DataManagement,
open source,
programming,
cloud computing,
Tech Trivia,
Business software
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Drizzle.
Tech Trivia
The first version of this language was developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. What is it?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is an integrated circuit (IC) to which two or more processors have been attached for enhanced performance, reduced power consumption, and more efficient simultaneous processing of multiple tasks. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
MySQL is an RDBMS based on SQL that runs on virtually all platforms, including Linux, Unix, and Windows. What does RDBMS stand for?
Answer
Oct 20 2008 4:28PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Java,
Development,
Sun Microsystems,
programming,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Groovy.
Tech Trivia
What do you call computer object code that is processed by a virtual machine instead of the hardware processor?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is a basic interface or segment of code that can be used to build more sophisticated program elements or interfaces. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
In Java, a JIT compiler turns computer object code into instructions that can be sent directly to the processor. What does JIT stand for?
Answer
