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Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The name COMPAQ is derived from which 2 words?

  1. Collaboration and Quality

  2. Complexity and Quality

  3. Compatibility and Quality

  4. Compatibility and Quntity
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Explanation

The name COMPAQ was created to represent 'Compatibility and Quality'. This reflected the company's initial strategy of producing some of the first IBM PC compatible computers that maintained high standards.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Toshiba launched the Qosmio G55-802 recently; It is the first laptop available with the Cell CPU. Which other gaming console is popular for having used this technology?

  1. Sony PS 3

  2. Nitendo DS

  3. Gaming Zone

  4. None of these
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Explanation

The Sony PlayStation 3 was the first major gaming console to use the Cell CPU architecture. This processor was jointly developed by Sony, IBM, and Toshiba.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

This utility was named after a submariner’s term for a sonar pulse that would typically help find objects around. In a network context it performs a similar function. Which tool?

  1. PING

  2. PULSE

  3. SONAR BEACON

  4. None of these
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Explanation

PING is a network utility named after the sonar term for a pulse that helps find objects. In networking, it performs a similar function by sending packets to check if a host is reachable and measuring response time.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

This word got its name from a skit on TV show “Monty Python flying circus “, in which a group of Viking in a restaurant that serves all kind of its food with “—-” form of meat and sing song repeating the word many time?

  1. SPAM

  2. SPY

  3. SPLASH

  4. None of these
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Explanation

The word 'SPAM' comes from a famous Monty Python sketch where Vikings in a restaurant sing about SPAM being included in every dish. SPAM is a canned meat product. The sketch was so popular that it inspired the term 'spam' for unwanted messages.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

How do you expand HTC?

  1. High Tech Corporation

  2. High Tech Collaboration

  3. High Tech Cordination

  4. None of these
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Explanation

HTC (originally High Tech Computer Corporation) is a Taiwanese consumer electronics company. The 'High Tech Corporation' expansion is commonly used, though the full original name was 'High Tech Computer Corporation'.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Which was the first company to develop the Graphic User Interface with Alan Kay and Englebert?

  1. MAYA

  2. MAX

  3. XEROX PARC

  4. WINDOWS
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Explanation

Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) pioneered the Graphical User Interface in the 1970s with researchers like Alan Kay. They developed the Alto computer, which introduced windows, icons, menus, and mouse interaction - concepts that later influenced Apple's Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. MAYA and MAX were not involved in early GUI development.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What is the new service started by Apple Inc for all its iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC to keep everything in sync?

  1. Mobile Me

  2. On Touch

  3. World on Hand

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Mobile Me was Apple's cloud service that allowed sync across iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. It provided push email, contacts, and calendar synchronization, plus file storage via iDisk. Mobile Me was later replaced by iCloud in 2011. This was Apple's early attempt at cloud-based device synchronization.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

This term was coined by programmer Lou Montulli. Network or

  1. COOKIES

  2. Internet Files

  3. Phishing

  4. None of these
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Explanation

The term 'cookie' for web browser cookies was coined by Lou Montulli in 1994 while working at Netscape Communications. The name was inspired by 'magic cookies' from Unix computing, which were tokens passed between programs. Web cookies store small pieces of data about users.