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Secret Word of the Day
This term refers to any commonly used word (such as “the”) that a search engine has been programmed to ignore. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
ARPU is an expression of the income generated by a typical subscriber or device per unit time in a telecommunications network. What does ARPU stand for?
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Tech Trivia
Number #1 on our list this year was SAP, a company started in Germany by five former employees of a certain technology company. What company did SAP’s founders originally work for?
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2008 was a challenging year for security. What will 2009 bring? See Five predictions for Web security trends and changes in 2009.

An expert explores whether security and compliance concerns in the cloud could hinder the viability of cloud computing.

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Secret Word of the Day
This virtualization strategy allows a network administrator to allocate physical storage on an “as needed” basis. What is it?
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Acronym Challenge
If you’re running Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, VMM is the name of the driver that functions as a firewall between the host OS and the virtual machines. What does VMM stand for?
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Tech Trivia
What’s the name of the virtualization feature for Microsoft Windows Server 2008?
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If you’re new to virtualization, Anil Desai has some advice for how to get started.

Virtualization expert Anil Desai explains what Hyper-V is, how it works and how it fits in with other virtualization products.

Virtual reality is an artificial environment that is created with software and presented to the user in such a way that the user suspends belief and accepts it as a real environment. On a computer, virtual reality is primarily experienced through two of the five senses: sight and sound.

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Secret Word of the Day

This is a virtualized event that showcases goods and services for a specific industry. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
SL is a virtual world developed by Linden Lab. What does SL stand for?
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Tech Trivia
Bruce Artwick is credited with producing the first successful virtual reality software application. What virtual environment did his software create?
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Telepresence industry to pass $1 billion in 2013
Telepresence combines high quality audio and videoconferencing technology with a special physical environment to create the feeling of an in-person meeting.

Telepresence, unified communications and collaboration: A network operator’s role
While voice was the original medium of telecom, the expanded availability of computers and data-capable appliances like cell phones created a broader definition of the term.

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 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 Trivia
Google’s Larry Page has noted that the unlicensed model used for this wireless technology has resulted in a projected one billion chips being produced in 2008. What technology is he talking about?
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Secret Word of the Day
This is a sound that contains every frequency within the range of human hearing (generally from 20 hertz to 20 kHz ) in equal amounts. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Many white space devices are likely to use the UHF portion of the RF spectrum. What does UHF stand for?
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Tech Trivia
What’s the name of IBM’s set of cloud computing services?
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Secret Word of the Day
This marketing term is used by vendors promoting an enterprise computing architecture that’s protected by a firewall.
What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Amazon EC2 is a Web-based service that allows business subscribers to run application programs in the Amazon cloud. What does EC2 stand for?
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Tech Trivia
The first version of this language was developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. What is it?
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Secret Word of the Day
This is an integrated circuit (IC) to which two or more processors have been attached for enhanced performance, reduced power consumption, and more efficient simultaneous processing of multiple tasks. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
MySQL is an RDBMS based on SQL that runs on virtually all platforms, including Linux, Unix, and Windows. What does RDBMS stand for?
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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 Trivia
What does a cloud represent in flow charts?
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Secret Word of the Day
Tom Davis, one of the founders of CGI, invented this jargon-based game that’s played surreptitiously during meetings. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
A VPN provides users with secure access over the Internet. What does VPN stand for?
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