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Know IT all quiz - Ubuntu

Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an open source Debian-based Linux distribution that is considered suitable for users without extensive technical knowledge. Ubuntu distributions include Edubuntu (for educational users), Xubuntu (for users with limited processing power) and JeOS (for “just enough operating system,” a lightweight version for virtual appliances).

Are you a Know-IT-All? Test your knowledge of tech vocabulary!

Secret Word of the Day
Ubuntu is often run from this type of distribution — an operating system on some bootable medium.  What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
GIMP is a freely available open source application for creating and manipulating graphic images. What does GIMP stand for?
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Tech Trivia
Fill in the missing Ubuntu codename: _____ _____; Intrepid Ibex; Jaunty Jackalope
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Acronym Challenge
GIMP is a freely available open source application for creating and manipulating graphic images. What does GIMP stand for?
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Word Scramble
Unscramble these letters to see a software distribution model that allows code to be copied, modified and distributed along with the same stipulation:
pycflote
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Learn Something New Every Day

Pam Derringer reports on the release of Ubuntu 8.10.

The Enterprise Linux Log blog covers Ubuntu.

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about virtual appliances?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is virtual appliance.

Tech Trivia
What computers, housed in room-sized metal frames, were serving as virtualization platforms forty years ago?
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Secret Word of the Day
In effect, a virtual machine is a separate one of these running on a server or a desktop. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
A VDD is sometimes used to maintain the status of a hardware device that has changeable settings. What does VDD stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about GNU?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is GNU.

Tech Trivia
Quagga is an open source project named after a zebra with a striped front end and a plain brown back end. True or false?
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Secret Word of the Day
This is the essential center of a computer operating system, the core that provides basic services for all other parts of the operating system. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
The FSF was founded in 1983 along with its demonstration GNU project. What does FSF stand for?
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Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about OpenBSD?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is OpenBSD.

Tech Trivia
What kind of computer was the Multix OS created for?
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Secret Word of the Day
This term describes something unpleasant that tends to accumulate — like dust bunnies under your bed (or desk). In programming, it’s elements of a program, system or product that are useless, poorly designed or both. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
GNU stands for GNU’s not Unix — which makes it a special type of acronym. What kind of acronym is it?
Answer (Scroll to the end of the definition.)

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about Enlightenment?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Enlightenment.

Tech Trivia
Why is free software not always free of charge?
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Secret Word of the Day
More familiar in a boxing context, in IT this term describes a language, protocol or program that is less complex than the norm. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
The LSB project seeks to increase compatibility among systems that use different versions of Unix and to make them more compatible with non-Unix systems as well. What does LSB stand for?
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Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about Heartbeat?

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

Tech Trivia
In electronics, is a jack a male or female connector?
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Secret Word of the Day
This open source collection of tools allows Unix or Linux applications to be compiled and run on a Windows operating system from within a Linux-like interface. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
Richard Stallman and others created the FSF and demonstrated that an OS could be developed and shared freely. The result was the Unix-like GNU in August 1996. What does FSF stand for?
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Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about distributed replicated block devices (DRBDs)?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is distributed replicated block devices (DRBDs).

Tech Trivia
What is the TCP/IP protocol for sending and receiving email?
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Secret Word of the Day
This fish-loving bird is generally accepted as the official logo for the Linux operating system. Who’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
This kind of FLOSS won’t help you a bit with your dental hygiene. FLOSS is software developed by informal collaborative networks of programmers. What does FLOSS stand for?
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Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about iTunes U?

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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