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Aug 4 2008   12:47PM GMT

Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about Knol?



Posted by: Alex Howard
Google, wiki, Tech Trivia, education, units, astronomy

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for August 1st was Knol.

Tech Trivia
What is the standard unit for measuring energy?
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Secret Word of the Day
This measure of displacement is sometimes used to express the wavelengths of visible light, ultraviolet (UV) light, X rays and gamma rays. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
An AU is the mean distance between the center of the Earth and the center of the sun. What does AU stand for?
Answer

Jul 18 2008   5:36PM GMT

Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about iTunes U?



Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking, UNIX, Apple, Web browsers, Tech Trivia, education

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is iTunes U.

Tech Trivia
What computer-based training network, developed in the 1960s, is often credited as the earliest example of a virtual community?
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Secret Word of the Day
This keyboard-oriented, text-only Web browser was developed at the University of Kansas primarily for students who used UNIX workstations. What is the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
NSFNET was a network for research computing deployed in the mid-1980s that in time also became the first backbone infrastructure for the commercial public Internet. NET meant “network — what does NFS stand for?
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