Sep 15 2008 10:48AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Disaster recovery,
compliance,
DataManagement,
Business continuity,
Tech Trivia,
backup/recovery,
Business software
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
Aug 20 2008 1:07PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Disaster recovery,
hardware,
Virtualization,
DataCenter,
Tech Trivia,
backup/recovery
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is virtual floppy disk.
Tech Trivia
3.5-inch diskettes are rigid. So why are they called “floppies?”
Answer (Scroll to the second paragraph.)
Secret Word of the Day
Although opinions differ, according to Eric S. Raymond in The New Hacker’s Dictionary, one of these is always 1,048,576 bytes.
Answer
Acronym Challenge
CO is a technique for getting more data on a storage medium by analyzing the data for unique repetitive patterns that are then stored as shorter symbols. What does CO stand for?
Answer
Jul 10 2008 12:44PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Disaster recovery,
Storage,
DataCenter,
DataManagement,
Business continuity,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR).
Tech Trivia
What’s the new, cool name for the delivery model we used to call ‘apps-on-tap?’
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
In this backup mode, the functions of a system component are assumed by a secondary component when the primary one becomes unavailable. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
BIA is designed to reveal vulnerabilities and develop strategies for minimizing risk. What does BIA stand for?
Answer
