Dec 16 2008 3:23PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
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DataCenter,
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science,
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Seebeck effect
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Seebeck effect.
Tech Trivia
What principle of quantum theory did Schrodinger’s cat demonstrate?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This is the basic unit of information in a quantum computer. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
SoC technology is the packaging of all the necessary electronic circuits and parts for a system such as a cell phone or digital camera on a single integrated circuit. What does SOC stand for?
Answer
Dec 15 2008 12:34PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
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Storage,
cooling,
CIO,
DataCenter,
supercomputers,
network administration,
green computing,
electronics,
Tech Trivia,
phase-change cooling,
ECOphlex
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is ECOphlex.
Tech Trivia
What was the first computer to break the petaflop barrier?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
This repository for the storage, management, and dissemination of data is, essentially, the brain of an organization. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
The IEEE describes itself as the world’s largest technical society. What does IEEE stand for?
Answer
Dec 4 2008 12:15PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
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Networking,
Storage,
broadband,
CIO,
DataCenter,
Tech Trivia,
connections
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is InfiniBand.
Tech Trivia
It looks like a sideways numeral 8 — what does it symbolize in mathematics?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
In a communications context, this is a point where the flow of data is impaired or stopped entirely. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
What does the i in iSCSI stand for: Internet or intelligent?
Answer
Dec 3 2008 12:07PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
hardware,
Storage,
CIO,
USB,
network administration,
electronics,
Tech Trivia,
connections,
personal computing
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is port interface card.
Tech Trivia
A computer has a motherboard. Which of the following might it also have:
a. a fatherboard
b. a daughterboard
c. a sonboard
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
In a computer or on a network, this is a transmission path on which signals are dropped off or picked up at every device attached to the line. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
MPP is the coordinated processing of a program by multiple processors that work on different parts of the program, with each processor using its own operating system and memory. What does MPP stand for?
Answer
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 21 2008 8:44PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
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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 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 12 2008 2:15PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
hardware,
Linux,
Virtualization,
operating systems,
DataCenter,
network administration,
cloud computing,
server,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is virtual appliance.
Tech Trivia
What computers, housed in room-sized metal frames, were serving as virtualization platforms forty years ago?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
In effect, a virtual machine is a separate one of these running on a server or a desktop. What’s the secret word?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
A VDD is sometimes used to maintain the status of a hardware device that has changeable settings. What does VDD stand for?
Answer
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