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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 trivia challenge - scareware

Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is scareware
Scareware is a type of malware designed to trick victims into purchasing and downloading useless and potentially dangerous software. A scareware program usually generates pop-ups that resemble Windows system messages and warn the user that viruses or other problems have been detected.

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Secret Word of the Day
This controversial rootkit program gets its name from a play on words mocking a Microsoft product.  What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
Scareware preys on users’ FUD. What does FUD stand for?
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Tech Trivia
What browser was #1 on Bit9’s 2008 list of the most vulnerable applications? (Hint: It might not be the one you think it is.)
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Learn Something New Every Day

John Strand explains how to prevent clickjacking with security policies.

Ken Harthun writes about malware and vulnerabilities in his ITKE Security Corner blog.

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

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

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF).

Tech Trivia
What year was the first version of Windows released?
a. 1985
b. 1990
c. 1995
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Secret Word of the Day
Bill Gates and Paul Allen started out by writing a program for this, the first commercially available PC to attract a substantial user base. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Gates and Allen adapted BASIC, a mainframe programming language, for the new computer. What does BASIC stand for?
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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 Flexible Mandatory Access Control (FMAC)?

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

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is zombie army.

Tech Trivia
What operating system is Ghostscript associated with?
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Secret Word of the Day
A crunchy treat for Dracula’s pal Renfeld is a coding error in software. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
RIP: You know what it stands for on a tombstone. What does it stand for in a networking context?
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Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about PaaS?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Platform as a Service (PaaS).

Tech Trivia
What Web-based service allows business subscribers to run application programs in the Amazon.com computing environment?
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Secret Word of the Day
This is a stormy marketing term for an enterprise computing architecture that’s protected by a firewall. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
HaaS, in a grid computing context, is a pay-as-you-go model for accessing a provider’s infrastructure and CPU power. What does HaaS 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?
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?
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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 Windows 7?

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Windows 7.

Tech Trivia
What year was the first version of Windows released?
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Secret Word of the Day
After this is initially loaded into a computer by a boot program, it manages all the other programs in a computer. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
IcM is an area of ITSM that involves returning service to normal as quickly as possible after an incident, in a way that has little to no negative impact on the business. What does IcM stand for?
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For more about Windows 7, check out this video of the Windows 7 start button and improved calculator.