Facebook is currently the most popular free social networking website. It allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues.

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The official Facebook developers site allows developers to collaborate by using this type of server program. What’s the secret word?
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The Facebook API allows developers to add social context to their applications by incorporating profile, friend, page, group, photo and event data. What does API stand for?
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What tracking device on the White House Web site has come under fire because it’s not mentioned in the site’s privacy policy?
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The first version of this programming language for databases was developed at IBM in the early 1970s. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge

CI is a software engineering practice in which isolated changes are immediately tested and reported on when they are added to a larger code base. What does CI stand for?
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Tech Trivia

What do you call computer object code that is processed by a virtual machine instead of the hardware processor?
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Tech Trivia
What computer code did President Lyndon Johnson approve as a national standard in 1968?
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Secret Word of the Day
This  approach to cloud computing developed by IBM shares a similar hue with Azure. What’s the secret word?
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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?
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Tech Trivia
What year was the first version of Windows released?
a. 1985
b. 1990
c. 1995
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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?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Gates and Allen adapted BASIC, a mainframe programming language, for the new computer. What does BASIC stand for?
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What operating system is Ghostscript associated with?
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Secret Word of the Day
A crunchy treat for Dracula’s pal Renfeld is a coding error in software. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
RIP: You know what it stands for on a tombstone. What does it stand for in a networking context?
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Tech Trivia
According to the pasta theory of programming, which is better: spaghetti or ravioli?
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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?
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IT Acronym Challenge
OLE is a Microsoft framework for a compound document technology. What does OLE stand for?
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Tech Trivia
What was hidden in the original Trojan horse?
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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?
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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?
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Tech Trivia
What’s the name of IBM’s set of cloud computing services?
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This marketing term is used by vendors promoting an enterprise computing architecture that’s protected by a firewall.
What’s the secret word?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Tech Trivia
What do you call computer object code that is processed by a virtual machine instead of the hardware processor?
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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?
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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?
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