Oct 29 2008 11:23AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Microsoft Windows,
programming,
Web 2.0,
Web services,
Microsoft,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is ARAX (Asynchronous Ruby and XML).
Tech Trivia
According to the pasta theory of programming, which is better: spaghetti or ravioli?
Answer
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?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
OLE is a Microsoft framework for a compound document technology. What does OLE stand for?
Answer
Oct 7 2008 4:34PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
hardware,
Virtualization,
operating systems,
CIO,
supercomputers,
SaaS,
Web 2.0,
Web services,
Tech Trivia,
business model,
Business software
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Platform as a Service (PaaS).
Tech Trivia
What Web-based service allows business subscribers to run application programs in the Amazon.com computing environment?
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
Sep 12 2008 8:28PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Development,
SOA,
operating systems,
DataManagement,
Web services,
Tech Trivia,
business model
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for September 11th was marketecture.
Tech Trivia
In IT, this term is applied to both the process and the outcome of thinking out and specifying the overall structure, logical components, and the logical interrelationships of a computer, its operating system, a network, or other conception. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
What “clean” protocol allows a program running in one kind of operating system to communicate with a progam in the same or another kind of an operating system using XML and the World Wide Web?
Answer
IT Acronym Challenge
SCA is a group of specifications intended for the development of applications based on service-oriented architecture (SOA). What does SCA stand for?
Answer
Aug 18 2008 12:38PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Microsoft Windows,
collaboration,
Web services,
Microsoft,
Telepresence,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Sharepoint Services.
Tech Trivia
What year did Microsoft incorporate?
a. 1971
b. 1976
c. 1981
Answer
Secret Word of the Day
What do you call part of an organization’s intranet that is extended to external users, such as customers or business partners?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
A VPN uses uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or individual users with secure access to their organization’s network. What does VPN stand for?
Answer
Aug 6 2008 12:45PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Development,
SOA,
SOAP,
programming,
Web services,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day for today is SOA (service-oriented architecture).
Tech Trivia
In computing, is a daemon the same thing as a demon?
Answer (Scroll to the last paragraph.)
Secret Word of the Day
In an IT context, this is the overall structure, logical components, and the logical interrelationships of a computer, its operating system, a network or some other conception. What’s the secret word?
Answer
Acronym Challenge
SOAP-based Web services are becoming the most common implementation of SOA. What does SOAP stand for?
Answer
