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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?
Answer

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?
Answer

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

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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?
Answer

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?
Answer

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?
Answer

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