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Dec 3 2008   12:07PM GMT

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about port interface cards?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
hardware, Storage, CIO, USB, network administration, electronics, Tech Trivia, connections, personal computing

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is port interface card.

Tech Trivia
A computer has a motherboard. Which of the following might it also have:
a. a fatherboard
b. a daughterboard
c. a sonboard
Answer

Secret Word of the Day
In a computer or on a network, this is a transmission path on which signals are dropped off or picked up at every device attached to the line. What’s the secret word?
Answer

IT Acronym Challenge
MPP is the coordinated processing of a program by multiple processors that work on different parts of the program, with each processor using its own operating system and memory. What does MPP stand for?
Answer

Nov 19 2008   7:24PM GMT

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about USB 3.0?



Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking, USB, USB 3.0, Tech Trivia, connections, personal computing

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is USB 3.0, also known as SuperSpeed USB.

Tech Trivia
What was the first personal computer to provide USB ports but no “legacy” ports?
Answer

Secret Word of the Day
Two popular implementations of this high speed electronics standard are Apple’s FireWire and Sony’s i.LINK. What’s the secret word?
Answer

IT Acronym Challenge
This ’skuzzy’ interface, developed by Apple, was one of the first parallel interfaces for high speed data transfer to and from peripherals. SCSI continues to be in wide use today. What does SCSI stand for?
Answer

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