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Sport & Leisure·hard

Which chess grandmaster defeated a supercomputer in a famous 1997 match?

Garry Kasparov✓ correct

Bobby Fischer

Anatoly Karpov

Vladimir Kramnik

fun factschesscomputershistory

Society & Culture·easy

Which virtual assistant is produced by Amazon?

Alexa✓ correct

Siri

Cortana

Amazon Assistant

aibrandssociety and culturetechnologycomputersbusiness

Science·hard

What does the acronym CORS stand for in web development?

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing✓ correct

Cross-Origin Request Security

Client-Origin Resource System

Cross-Object Response Standard

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Science·medium

What is largely considered the precursor to the USB format?

PS/2✓ correct

SVGA

PCIe

FireWire

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Science·medium

In programming, the ternary operator is mostly defined with what symbol(s)?

?:✓ correct

if then

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Science·medium

Linus Sebastian is the creator of the Linux kernel, which went on to be used in Linux, Android, and Chrome OS.

True

False✓ correct

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Science·medium

In HTML, which non-standard tag used to be be used to make elements scroll across the viewport?

<marquee></marquee>✓ correct

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Science·medium

The name of technology company HP stands for what?

Hewlett-Packard✓ correct

Howard Packmann

Husker-Pollosk

Hellman-Pohl

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Science·medium

The last Windows operating system to be based on the Windows 9x kernel was Windows 98.

True

False✓ correct

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Science·medium

What is the correct term for the metal object in between the CPU and the CPU fan within a computer system?

Heat Sink✓ correct

CPU Vent

Temperature Decipator

Heat Vent

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Science·medium

What did the name of the Tor Anonymity Network orignially stand for?

The Onion Router✓ correct

The Only Router

The Orange Router

The Ominous Router

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Science·medium

Generally, which component of a computer draws the most power?

Video Card✓ correct

Hard Drive

Processor

Power Supply

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Science·easy

"HTML" stands for Hypertext Markup Language.

True✓ correct

False

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Science·easy

In networking, what does OSPF stand for?

Open Shortest Path First✓ correct

Order State Part First

Order Sense Ping Find

Open Signal Path Finder

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Science·medium

What was the first Android version specifically optimized for tablets?

Honeycomb✓ correct

Eclair

Froyo

Marshmellow

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Science·medium

There is only 1 root name server, among 13 in total, that is currently located in Asia.

True✓ correct

False

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Science·medium

How many cores does the Intel i7-6950X have?

10✓ correct

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Science·medium

What was the first commerically available computer processor?

Intel 4004✓ correct

Intel 486SX

TMS 1000

AMD AM386

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Science·medium

What is known as "the brain" of the Computer?

Central Processing Unit✓ correct

Motherboard

Graphics Processing Unit

Keyboard

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Science·medium

In the programming language "Python", which of these statements would display the string "Hello World" correctly?

print("Hello World")✓ correct

console.log("Hello World")

echo "Hello World"

printf("Hello World")

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Science·medium

The first dual-core CPU was the Intel Pentium D.

True

False✓ correct

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Science·medium

Moore's law originally stated that the number of transistors on a microprocessor chip would double every...

Year✓ correct

Four Years

Two Years

Eight Years

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Science·medium

On which day did the World Wide Web go online?

December 20, 1990✓ correct

December 17, 1996

November 12, 1990

November 24, 1995

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Science·medium

What was the name given to Android 4.3?

Jelly Bean✓ correct

Lollipop

Nutella

Froyo

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Science·medium

Which one of these is not an official development name for a Ubuntu release?

Mystic Mansion✓ correct

Trusty Tahr

Utopic Unicorn

Wily Werewolf

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Science·medium

All program codes have to be compiled into an executable file in order to be run. This file can then be executed on any machine.

True

False✓ correct

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Science·medium

In computing terms, typically what does CLI stand for?

Command Line Interface✓ correct

Common Language Input

Control Line Interface

Common Language Interface

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Science·medium

The HTML5 standard was published in 2014.

True✓ correct

False

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Science·medium

Nvidia's headquarters are based in which Silicon Valley city?

Santa Clara✓ correct

Palo Alto

Cupertino

Mountain View

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Science·medium

How fast is USB 3.1 Gen 2 theoretically?

10 Gb/s✓ correct

5 Gb/s

8 Gb/s

1 Gb/s

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Science·medium

Which coding language was the #1 programming language in terms of usage on GitHub in 2015?

JavaScript✓ correct

Python

PHP

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Science·medium

Which internet company began life as an online bookstore called 'Cadabra'?

Amazon✓ correct

eBay

Overstock

Shopify

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Science·medium

Which of the following is a personal computer made by the Japanese company Fujitsu?

FM-7✓ correct

PC-9801

Xmillennium

MSX

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Science·easy

In web design, what does CSS stand for?

Cascading Style Sheet✓ correct

Counter Strike: Source

Corrective Style Sheet

Computer Style Sheet

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Science·easy

Which computer language would you associate Django framework with?

Python✓ correct

C++

Java

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Science·easy

How many bits are commonly in a single byte?

Eight bits✓ correct

Six bits

Twelve bits

Fifteen bits

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Science·easy

In computing, what does LAN stand for?

Local Area Network✓ correct

Long Antenna Node

Light Access Node

Land Address Navigation

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Science·easy

The Windows ME operating system was released in the year 2000.

True✓ correct

False

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Science·easy

When Gmail first launched, how much storage did it provide for your email?

1GB✓ correct

512MB

5GB

Unlimited

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Science·easy

What is the commonly used keyboard shortcut for the 'Copy' function on Windows OS?

Ctrl + C✓ correct

Ctrl + X

Alt + C

Alt + X

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