January 29, 2009 6:57 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Audio,
CIO,
codecs,
compression,
Ogg Vorbis,
open source,
quiz,
Tech TriviaOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is Ogg Vorbis
Vorbis is an open source patent-free
January 28, 2009 7:19 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO,
flash mob,
quiz,
social networking,
Tech Trivia,
wirelessOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is flash mob
A flash mob is a group of people who organize themselves, using electronic media such as cell phones or the Internet, to gather together in a...
January 27, 2009 11:54 AM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO,
Linux,
open source,
operating systems,
Tech Trivia,
UbuntuOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an open source
January 25, 2009 7:57 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Apple,
CIO,
computer history,
Macintosh,
Tech TriviaOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is Macintosh
The Macintosh was the first widely-sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse. Apple introduced the Macintosh...
January 15, 2009 7:20 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO,
cryptography,
Security,
Tech TriviaOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is cryptography.
Cryptography, the science of information security, is most often associated with scrambling plaintext into ciphertext then back again....
January 14, 2009 1:17 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO,
IP addressing,
IPv6,
Tech TriviaOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is IPv6.
IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) is the latest level of the Internet Protocol. IP addresses are lengthened from 32 bits to 128 bits to deal with an...
December 29, 2008 9:43 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Tech TriviaOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is spintronics
Spintronics is an emerging field of nanoscale electronics involving the detection and manipulation of electron spin. Electron spin can be...
December 22, 2008 4:38 PM
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Tech Trivia,
virtual realityOur WhatIs.com Tech Term is virtual reality
Virtual reality is an artificial environment that is created with software and presented to the user in such a way that the user suspends...
