Jan 27 2009 11:54AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Ubuntu,
Linux,
Tech Trivia,
CIO,
open source,
operating systems
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.
Dec 2 2008 3:03PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
wireless,
browsers,
telecommunications,
CIO,
instant messaging,
open source,
email,
electronics,
communications,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Fennec.
Tech Trivia
What was the first mobile phone virus?
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Secret Word of the Day
This wireless technology was named for a 10th century Danish king. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
COO is a mobile positioning technique for finding a caller’s cell location. What does COO stand for?
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Nov 20 2008 7:38PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
IBM,
Microsoft Windows,
SOA,
operating systems,
SOAP,
CIO,
DataCenter,
open source,
programming,
Web 2.0,
Amazon,
cloud computing,
Web services,
Microsoft,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Windows Azure.
Tech Trivia
What computer code did President Lyndon Johnson approve as a national standard in 1968?
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Secret Word of the Day
This approach to cloud computing developed by IBM shares a similar hue with Azure. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
EC2 is a Web-based service that allows subscribers to run applications in Amazon’s cloud computing environment. What does EC2 stand for?
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Nov 6 2008 5:24PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
hardware,
Security,
Sun Microsystems,
operating systems,
DataCenter,
open source,
malware,
server,
Tech Trivia,
Business software
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Flexible Mandatory Access Control (FMAC).
Tech Trivia
What operating system preceded Solaris at Sun Microsystems?
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Secret Word of the Day
This open source program is designed to automatically and quickly generate scanners, also known as tokenizers, which recognize lexical patterns in text. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
SPARC is a 32- and 64-bit microprocessor architecture from Sun Microsystems that is based on reduced instruction set computing (RISC). What does SPARC stand for?
Answer
Oct 21 2008 6:25PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Database,
Development,
SQL Server,
DataManagement,
open source,
programming,
cloud computing,
Tech Trivia,
Business software
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Drizzle.
Tech Trivia
The first version of this language was developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. What is it?
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Secret Word of the Day
This is an integrated circuit (IC) to which two or more processors have been attached for enhanced performance, reduced power consumption, and more efficient simultaneous processing of multiple tasks. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
MySQL is an RDBMS based on SQL that runs on virtually all platforms, including Linux, Unix, and Windows. What does RDBMS stand for?
Answer
Oct 1 2008 11:09AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
UNIX,
operating systems,
GNU,
open source,
Tech Trivia
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?
Answer (Scroll to the last paragraph.)
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?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
The FSF was founded in 1983 along with its demonstration GNU project. What does FSF stand for?
Answer
Sep 16 2008 10:32AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Linux,
UNIX,
operating systems,
open source,
Tech Trivia
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.)
Aug 19 2008 9:56AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Linux,
Development,
UNIX,
open source,
programming
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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Aug 4 2008 2:38PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Storage,
Development,
open source,
programming,
electronics,
Tech Trivia,
compression,
Streaming media
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for today is gzip.
Tech Trivia
Does audio content typically use a lossless or a lossy compression method?
Answer (Scroll to the middle of the second paragraph.)
Secret Word of the Day
From a Latin word meaning ‘to link together’ we get this term that means placing separate things next to each other so they can be treated as a single entity. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
The tar format derives from a time when files were commonly backed up on and occasionally retrieved from magnetic tape. What does tar stand for?
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