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Tech Trivia Challenge - Top Search Terms in 2008

Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is Top search terms of 2008
You asked for them and here they are — we’ve assembled a list of the terms most often searched on the site this past year.

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Secret Word of the Day
This term refers to any commonly used word (such as “the”) that a search engine has been programmed to ignore. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
ARPU is an expression of the income generated by a typical subscriber or device per unit time in a telecommunications network. What does ARPU stand for?
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Tech Trivia
Number #1 on our list this year was SAP, a company started in Germany by five former employees of a certain technology company. What company did SAP’s founders originally work for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about full-disk encryption?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is full-disk encryption.

Tech Trivia
What key do you press during Windows bootup to start in safe mode?
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Secret Word of the Day
This formula for solving a problem is named for a mathematician in the royal court in Baghdad, circa 830 A.D. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
The DES algorithm is considered so difficult to break that the U.S. government restricted its exportation to other countries. What does DES stand for?
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Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about biometrics?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for October 8 was biometrics.

Tech Trivia
What’s a goat, in a biometrics context?
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Secret Word of the Day
This X-ray-based technology yields a high-resolution image of a person’s body beneath their clothing to reveal concealed objects. Pumpkin smugglers, beware. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
IAM is a combination of business processes, policies and technologies that allows organizations to provide secure access to any resource and protect confidential data. What does IAM stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about initialization vectors?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is initialization vector.

Tech Trivia
If plaintext is what you have before encryption, what do you call the the encrypted result?
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Secret Word of the Day
Generally speaking, this word refers to the immediate occasion. In IT, it’s a parameter that varies with time. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
DSS is the DSA developed by the NSA to authenticate electronic documents. What does DSS stand for?
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Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about the UMPC?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is UMPC.

Tech Trivia
What was the first GUI Web browser for Microsoft Windows?
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Secret Word of the Day
This small Internet communications unit is designed to provide entertainment, information and location-based services for the consumer market (rather than the enterprise). What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
CCMP is an encryption protocol that forms part of the 802.11i standard for WLANs, particularly those using WiMax technology. What does CCMP stand for?
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