Nov 26 2008 5:19PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
IBM,
CIO,
supercomputers,
physics,
science,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is petaflop.
Tech Trivia
How many high-performance laptops would it take to equal the power of IBM’s Roadrunner supercomputer?
Answer (Scroll to the second paragraph.)
Secret Word of the Day
Supercomputers use this computing model to achieve such high levels of performance. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
HA refers to a system or component that is continuously operational for a desirably long length of time. What does HA stand for?
Answer
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Nov 25 2008 7:22PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO,
accounting,
business management,
business model
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is IT chargeback system.
Tech Trivia
What type of system does the CRUD cycle refer to?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
In general, this refers to something you can see through but in business accounting it means open or not obscured. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
3BL is an expansion of a business concept to include social and environmental results as well as financial results. What does 3BL stand for?
Answer
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Nov 24 2008 1:42PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
wireless,
telecommunications,
CIO,
electronics,
communications,
white space,
Tech Trivia,
radio
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is white space device (WSD).
Tech Trivia
What year did Western Union stop sending telegrams?
Answer (Scroll to the end of the definition.)
Secret Word of the Day
This is an electric current or electronic field used to convey data from one place to another. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
Bit is a short word — but is it short for anything?
Answer
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Nov 21 2008 8:44PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
hardware,
Networking,
cooling,
DataCenter,
supercomputers,
electronics,
Tech Trivia,
water cooling,
phase-change cooling
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is phase-change cooling.
Tech Trivia
What method of cooling does ’softcooling’ employ?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is a way to remove heat from a medium, device or component by applying a voltage of constant polarity to a junction between dissimilar electrical conductors or semiconductors. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
A CRAC unit is a device that monitors and maintains the temperature, air distribution and humidity in a network room or data center. What does CRAC stand for?
Answer
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Nov 20 2008 7:38PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
IBM,
Microsoft Windows,
SOA,
operating systems,
SOAP,
CIO,
DataCenter,
open source,
programming,
Web 2.0,
Amazon,
cloud computing,
Web services,
Microsoft,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Windows Azure.
Tech Trivia
What computer code did President Lyndon Johnson approve as a national standard in 1968?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This approach to cloud computing developed by IBM shares a similar hue with Azure. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
EC2 is a Web-based service that allows subscribers to run applications in Amazon’s cloud computing environment. What does EC2 stand for?
Answer
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Nov 19 2008 7:24PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
USB,
USB 3.0,
Tech Trivia,
connections,
personal computing
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is USB 3.0, also known as SuperSpeed USB.
Tech Trivia
What was the first personal computer to provide USB ports but no “legacy” ports?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
Two popular implementations of this high speed electronics standard are Apple’s FireWire and Sony’s i.LINK. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
This ’skuzzy’ interface, developed by Apple, was one of the first parallel interfaces for high speed data transfer to and from peripherals. SCSI continues to be in wide use today. What does SCSI stand for?
Answer
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Nov 18 2008 9:21PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
wireless,
telecommunications,
Net neutrality,
P2P,
CIO,
network administration,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Net neutrality.
Tech Trivia
If an ISP tracks bandwidth use and charges customers accordingly, what service model are they following?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
______ _______ is a frequent topic of debate between advocates of Net neutrality and proponents of a two-tiered system. It’s the practice of regulating network data transfer to assure a certain level of performance, QoS or ROI. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
P2P networks clogging up ISP bandwidth with copyrighted media, particularly Bittorrent, are often cited in net neutrality debates. What does P2P stand for?
Answer
Nov 17 2008 5:33PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
IBM,
telecommunications,
broadband,
electronics,
science,
communications,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Broadband over Power Line.
Tech Trivia
Some of the most ardent opposition to BPL comes from operators of this porcine-sounding hobby, as they feel that electromagnetic interference from power lines could disrupt their communications. What is it?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
BPL uses this this type of power, in which charge carriers in a conductor or semiconductor periodically reverse their direction of movement. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
Quoth the Raven, “Evermore!” PoE is a technology for wired local area networks that allows the electrical current, necessary for the operation of each device, to be carried by the data cables rather than by power cords. What does PoE stand for?
Answer
Nov 14 2008 11:58AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Security,
hacking,
spyware,
malware,
network administration,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is fast flux DNS.
Tech Trivia
Enterprising cybercriminals are turning to corporate data theft because ________ has become so common that there’s not enough profit in it.
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is an exploit in which malicious coding is hidden beneath apparently legitimate buttons or other clickable content on a website. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
A DSO exploit takes advantage of data binding to gain access to the hard drive of a computer connected to the Internet. What does DSO stand for?
Answer
