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Oct 9 2008   5:56PM GMT

Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: How much do you know about clickjacking?



Posted by: Alex Howard
Security, hacking, spyware, browsers, CIO, Web browsers, malware, network administration, Tech Trivia

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is clickjacking

Tech Trivia
In the first six months of 2008, what percentage of sites serving malicious coding were legitimate sites that had been hacked?
Answer

Secret Word of the Day
Who’s in your digital wallet? This type of exploit is used by malicious hackers to present a faked or modified website to the user as if it were legitimate. What’s the secret word?
Answer

IT Acronym Challenge
CRAM is the two-level scheme for authenticating network users that’s included in the hypertext transfer protocol. What does CRAM stand for?
Answer

Aug 5 2008   2:28PM GMT

Tech quiz of the day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about Prism?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Networking, Web browsers, programming, Tech Trivia

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for today is Prism.

Tech Trivia
What two devices are combined in a brouter?
Answer

Secret Word of the Day
Twitter calls it tweeting but there’s a more formal term for it. What’s the secret word?
Answer

Acronym Challenge
APIs allow programs to make requests of an operating system or another program. What does API stand for?
Answer


Jul 31 2008   6:55PM GMT

Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about the UMPC?



Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking, encryption, Intel, Mobile, Web browsers, electronics, Microsoft, Tech Trivia

The WhatIs.com Word of the Day today is UMPC.

Tech Trivia
What was the first GUI Web browser for Microsoft Windows?
Answer

Secret Word of the Day
This small Internet communications unit is designed to provide entertainment, information and location-based services for the consumer market (rather than the enterprise). What’s the secret word?
Answer

Acronym Challenge
CCMP is an encryption protocol that forms part of the 802.11i standard for WLANs, particularly those using WiMax technology. What does CCMP stand for?
Answer


Jul 18 2008   5:36PM GMT

Tech Quiz of the Day from WhatIs.com: What do you know about iTunes U?



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