ACCESS 2006 JUNIOR QUIZ PRELIMS.
Access 2006 Junior Quiz Prelims
Venue: Modern School, Barakhamba Road
Date: 21st December, 2006
1. GUI – Graphical User Interface
2. TCP / IP – Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
3. BIOS – Basic Input Output Services
4. RAM – Random Access Memory
5. GNU – GNU is Not Unix
6. Which company makes the Wii gaming console?
-Nintendo
7. Who is the creator of the Linux operating system?
-Linus Torvalds
8. What is the name of the world's fastest computer?
-Blue Gene / L
9. What is the HTTP status code for 'not found'?
-404
10. What is the Mozilla Foundation's email client called?
-Thunderbird
11. A major GPU-maker recently merged with AMD. What is its name?
-ATI
12. Of which game is Counter Strike a mod?
-Half Life
13. Name one of the co-founders of Google.
-Larry Page / Sergey Brin
14. What is the name of the language commonly used for creating a web page?
-HTML
15. Which company did Google recently acquire for $1.65 billion?
-YouTube
16. Who started Microsoft with Bill Gates?
-Paul Allen
17. Which is the world's most popular web browser?
-Internet Explorer
18. How many bits are there in a nibble?
-4
19. Which language is the Linux kernel written in?
-C
20. What does VNC do?
-Allows file sharing over networks
21. Who created both Winamp and Gnutella?
-Justin Frankel
22. Who replaced Steve Jobs as the head of Apple in the 80s?
-John Sculley
23. Name the group responsible for hacking into the Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre in 1998?
-Milworm
24. Name the author of '2001 : A Space Odyssey' and the director of the
corresponding movie.
-Arthur C Clarke; and Stanley Kubrick, respectively
25. What is the maximum data rate of the 802.11g standard?
-54 Mbps
Venue: Modern School, Barakhamba Road
Date: 21st December, 2006
1. GUI – Graphical User Interface
2. TCP / IP – Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
3. BIOS – Basic Input Output Services
4. RAM – Random Access Memory
5. GNU – GNU is Not Unix
6. Which company makes the Wii gaming console?
-Nintendo
7. Who is the creator of the Linux operating system?
-Linus Torvalds
8. What is the name of the world's fastest computer?
-Blue Gene / L
9. What is the HTTP status code for 'not found'?
-404
10. What is the Mozilla Foundation's email client called?
-Thunderbird
11. A major GPU-maker recently merged with AMD. What is its name?
-ATI
12. Of which game is Counter Strike a mod?
-Half Life
13. Name one of the co-founders of Google.
-Larry Page / Sergey Brin
14. What is the name of the language commonly used for creating a web page?
-HTML
15. Which company did Google recently acquire for $1.65 billion?
-YouTube
16. Who started Microsoft with Bill Gates?
-Paul Allen
17. Which is the world's most popular web browser?
-Internet Explorer
18. How many bits are there in a nibble?
-4
19. Which language is the Linux kernel written in?
-C
20. What does VNC do?
-Allows file sharing over networks
21. Who created both Winamp and Gnutella?
-Justin Frankel
22. Who replaced Steve Jobs as the head of Apple in the 80s?
-John Sculley
23. Name the group responsible for hacking into the Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre in 1998?
-Milworm
24. Name the author of '2001 : A Space Odyssey' and the director of the
corresponding movie.
-Arthur C Clarke; and Stanley Kubrick, respectively
25. What is the maximum data rate of the 802.11g standard?
-54 Mbps
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