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Tech Trivia Challenge - Top Search Terms in 2008

Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is Top search terms of 2008
You asked for them and here they are — we’ve assembled a list of the terms most often searched on the site this past year.

Are you a Know-IT-All?

Secret Word of the Day
This term refers to any commonly used word (such as “the”) that a search engine has been programmed to ignore. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
ARPU is an expression of the income generated by a typical subscriber or device per unit time in a telecommunications network. What does ARPU stand for?
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Tech Trivia
Number #1 on our list this year was SAP, a company started in Germany by five former employees of a certain technology company. What company did SAP’s founders originally work for?
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2008 was a challenging year for security. What will 2009 bring? See Five predictions for Web security trends and changes in 2009.

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Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about biometrics?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for October 8 was biometrics.

Tech Trivia
What’s a goat, in a biometrics context?
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Secret Word of the Day
This X-ray-based technology yields a high-resolution image of a person’s body beneath their clothing to reveal concealed objects. Pumpkin smugglers, beware. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
IAM is a combination of business processes, policies and technologies that allows organizations to provide secure access to any resource and protect confidential data. What does IAM stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about enterprise content management?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is enterprise content management (ECM).

Tech Trivia
What do you call data that isn’t currently either in transit or in temporary storage?
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Secret Word of the Day
In business accounting, this refers to expenses that aren’t directly related to production; in computing it’s the amount of processing time required for system software such as the OS and utilities. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
DBA certification has been a good career choice for a long time and demand continues to increase. What does DBA stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day: How much do you know about sustainability risk management?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is sustainability risk management.

Tech Trivia
In a standard incandescent light bulb, 10 percent of the energy output is converted to light. What makes up the other 90 percent?
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Secret Word of the Day
This concept is far from green — it’s the intentional conception, design and production of a product so that it’s useful, functional or popular only for a limited time. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
An LCD monitor uses less power than a CRT monitor. What does LCD stand for?
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