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?
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Sep 12 2008 8:32PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
hardware,
Networking,
Security,
CIO,
Mobile,
DARPA,
server,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is nonce.
Tech Trivia
Did you notice the synchronized identical price increases? U.S. Senator Herb Kohl has started an inquiry on the rising prices of ____ messaging, which have doubled since 2005. What is it?
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Secret Word of the Day
According to San Francisco officials, rogue former sysadmin Terry Childs left behind more than cleanup costs and a case study in poor CIO oversight. Apparently, there’s also a ________ ______ somewhere in the network. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Spiders, you’re going to need a bigger web. The HI-MEMS program, also known as the “cybug” program, is a proposal from DARPA to encourage the development of cyborg insects that can be controlled by humans. What does HI-MEMS stand for?
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Jul 17 2008 2:21PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
Storage,
gaming,
server,
Tech Trivia,
proxy server
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is Squid proxy server.
Tech Trivia
What was the first coin-operated video arcade game?
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Secret Word of the Day
Put simply, this is a place to store something temporarily, like food supplies if you’re a hiker or frequently-accessed files for a Web server. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
TTYL means “talk to you later.” TTL is a value in an IP packet that tells a network router whether or not the packet has been in the network too long and should be discarded. What does TTL stand for?
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