Archive for September, 2007
Question: What do the letters VIC in Commodore VIC-20 stand for?
- Very Inexpensive Computer
- Video Interface Chip
- Five Intergrated Circuits
- Victor, Jack Tramiel’s son
Answer: Video Interface Chip
September 20th, 2007
Question: A typical fiber optic cable can carry up to 2.5 billion bits of data per second, or how many simultaneous telephone calls?
- 16,000
- 32,000
- 64,000
- 128,000
Answer: 32,000
September 19th, 2007
Question: What newsgroup started the trend of silly group names with tripled elements?
- alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg
- alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork
- alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die
- sci.physics.edward.teller.boom.boom.boom
Answer: alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork
September 18th, 2007
Question: What does ‘nice’ refer to in Unix?
- the priority level of the task
- the portability of the program
- how friendly the interface is
- how well error-recovery works
Answer: the priority level of the task
September 17th, 2007
Question: ‘P1003′, to a UNIX person, means what?
- Dennis Ritchie’s license plate
- The Unix International Membership Office Mailstop
- The IEEE Posix Committee
- The FORTRAN compiler no-input-file error code
Answer: The IEEE Posix Committee
September 16th, 2007
Question: Which of the following is not a top-level Usenet group prefix?
Answer: unix
September 15th, 2007
Question:
If you sat down at a computer and saw this screen, you would be using…
- an Amiga
- an Apple // GS
- an Atari ST
- a Xerox Alto
Answer: an Amiga
September 14th, 2007
Question: On UNIX, cc is the C Compiler, and pc is the Pascal Compiler. What is
bc?
- BASIC Compiler
- BCPL Compiler
- Binary Calculator
- Backus Compiler
Answer: Binary Calculator
September 13th, 2007
Question: CompuServe went online in what year?
Answer: 1978
September 12th, 2007
Question: Which PacMan sequel didn’t really exist?
- PacMan Junior
- Mrs. PacMan
- Pac Land
- PacMan Plus
Answer: Mrs. PacMan
September 11th, 2007
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