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?
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
Jul 29 2008 4:44PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
UNIX,
operating systems,
open source,
electronics
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is Heartbeat.
Tech Trivia
In electronics, is a jack a male or female connector?
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
Jul 18 2008 5:36PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
UNIX,
Apple,
Web browsers,
Tech Trivia,
education
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
