Nov 13 2008 11:42AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Microsoft Windows,
operating systems,
programming,
Business continuity,
Microsoft,
Tech Trivia,
business model,
personal computing,
Business software
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF).
Tech Trivia
What year was the first version of Windows released?
a. 1985
b. 1990
c. 1995
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
Bill Gates and Paul Allen started out by writing a program for this, the first commercially available PC to attract a substantial user base. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
Gates and Allen adapted BASIC, a mainframe programming language, for the new computer. What does BASIC stand for?
Answer
Oct 7 2008 4:34PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
hardware,
Virtualization,
operating systems,
CIO,
supercomputers,
SaaS,
Web 2.0,
Web services,
Tech Trivia,
business model,
Business software
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Platform as a Service (PaaS).
Tech Trivia
What Web-based service allows business subscribers to run application programs in the Amazon.com computing environment?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is a stormy marketing term for an enterprise computing architecture that’s protected by a firewall. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
HaaS, in a grid computing context, is a pay-as-you-go model for accessing a provider’s infrastructure and CPU power. What does HaaS stand for?
Answer
Oct 2 2008 10:32AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Virtualization,
DataCenter,
cloud computing,
Tech Trivia,
business model
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
Sep 12 2008 8:28PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Development,
SOA,
operating systems,
DataManagement,
Web services,
Tech Trivia,
business model
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for September 11th was marketecture.
Tech Trivia
In IT, this term is applied to both the process and the outcome of thinking out and specifying the overall structure, logical components, and the logical interrelationships of a computer, its operating system, a network, or other conception. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
What “clean” protocol allows a program running in one kind of operating system to communicate with a progam in the same or another kind of an operating system using XML and the World Wide Web?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
SCA is a group of specifications intended for the development of applications based on service-oriented architecture (SOA). What does SCA stand for?
Answer
Aug 25 2008 6:22PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Web 2.0,
Tech Trivia,
business model
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is freemium.
Tech Trivia
Who coined the term “Web 2.0?”
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is the act of taking a function traditionally performed by an employee and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people using information technology. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
After 3 years of three years of study, NIST concluded that the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 was due to fire, not debris damage or some conspiracy demolition team. What does NIST stand for?
Answer
