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The official Facebook developers site allows developers to collaborate by using this type of server program. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge

The Facebook API allows developers to add social context to their applications by incorporating profile, friend, page, group, photo and event data. What does API stand for?
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Tech Trivia

What tracking device on the White House Web site has come under fire because it’s not mentioned in the site’s privacy policy?
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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
According to the pasta theory of programming, which is better: spaghetti or ravioli?
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Secret Word of the Day
Yukihiro Matsumoto called his object-oriented language this to suggest “a jewel of a language.” What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
OLE is a Microsoft framework for a compound document technology. What does OLE 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
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
Who coined the term “Web 2.0?”
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Secret Word of the Day
This is the act of taking a function traditionally performed by an employee and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people using information technology. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
After 3 years of three years of study, NIST concluded that the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 was due to fire, not debris damage or some conspiracy demolition team. What does NIST stand for?
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