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Valid : Y
Points: 3
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What brand of computer has been nicknamed by some as a "Commie"?
Quest2:
Answer: COMMODORE
Answer: COMMODORE 64
Answer: C64
Valid : Y
Points: 4
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: IBM stands for what?
Quest2:
Answer: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 7
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What is the maximum number a standard abacus can represent?
Quest2:
Answer: 999,999
Answer: 999999
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 4
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What is the Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code?
Quest2:
Answer: BASIC
Answer: THE BASIC LANGUAGE
Answer: BASIC LANGUAGE
Valid : Y
Points: 6
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What does COBOL stand for?
Quest2:
Answer: COMMON BUSINESS ORIENTED LANGUAGE
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 3
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What type of numbering system is based on 1's and 0's ?
Quest2:
Answer: BINARY
Answer: BINARY SYSTEM
Answer: BINARY NUMBERING SYSTEM
Valid : Y
Points: 4
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What type of program is used to tellecommunicate?
Quest2:
Answer: TERMINAL
Answer: TERM
Answer: TELLECOMMUNICATIONS
Valid : Y
Points: 3
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: Letter writing can best be accomplished on what type of program?
Quest2:
Answer: WORD PROCESSOR
Answer: WORD PROCESSING
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 3
Author: Polly Purepussy
Quest1: What does "CPU" stand for?
Quest2:
Answer: CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 5
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What is the abbreviation for "Universal Automatic Computer"?
Quest2:
Answer: UNIVAC
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 5
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What is the popular name for the "Formula Translating System"?
Quest2:
Answer: FORTRAN
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 6
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What is essentially responsible for the processing and control of
Quest2: programs within a system?
Answer: OPERATING SYSTEM
Answer: THE OPERATING SYSTEM
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 4
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: It's a type of plant. Also a type of sort. What is it?
Quest2:
Answer: TREE
Answer: A TREE
Answer: TREE SORT
Valid : Y
Points: 6
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What type of computer uses voltage levels to make computations?
Quest2:
Answer: ANALOG
Answer: ANALOG COMPUTER
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 6
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: When was the first adding machine devised?
Quest2:
Answer: 1642
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 5
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: Who is considered to be the pioneer in digital computers?
Quest2:
Answer: CHARLES BABBAGE
Answer: BABBAGE
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 5
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: Who pioneered the data card?
Quest2:
Answer: HERMAN HOLLERITH
Answer: HOLLERITH
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 4
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What type of program is used to convert a user friendly language into
Quest2: a machine language?
Answer: COMPILER
Answer: A COMPILER
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 8
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What does EBCDIC stand for?
Quest2:
Answer: EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 5
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What does CRT stand for?
Quest2:
Answer: CATHODE RAY TUBE
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 4
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: A field containing both numbers and letters is reffered to as what?
Quest2:
Answer: ALPHANUMERIC
Answer: ALPHANUMERIC FIELD
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 8
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What can be defined as an unambiguous, ordered sequence of steps that
Quest2: leads to the solution of a given problem?
Answer: ALGORITHM
Answer: AN ALGORITHM
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 8
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What does ASCII stand for?
Quest2:
Answer: AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 6
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What type of storage is a floppy disk drive?
Quest2:
Answer: EXTERNAL
Answer: EXTERNAL STORAGE
Answer: MAGNETIC
Valid : Y
Points: 7
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What does ALU stand for?
Quest2:
Answer: ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 5
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What type of notation was developed by Polish logician
Quest2: Jan Lukasiewicz?
Answer: POLISH NOTATION
Answer: POLISH
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 8
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What word is used to describe a procedure that is allowed to
Quest2: call itself?
Answer: RECURSIVE
Answer:
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 8
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: A list of elements which displays the relationship of phisical
Quest2: adjacency is called what?
Answer: LINEAR LIST
Answer: A LINEAR LIST
Answer: LINEAR
Valid : Y
Points: 4
Author: Kolonel Kink
Quest1: What number does the letter "A" represent in the hex system?
Quest2:
Answer: 10
Answer: ten
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 5
Author: Sysop*Tom
Quest1: What does the acronym RAM stand for?
Quest2:
Answer: Random Access Memory
Answer: Random Acess Memory
Answer:
Valid : Y
Points: 4
Author: Sysop*Tom
Quest1: In the computer world, what does the acronym ROM stand for?
Quest2:
Answer: Read Only Memory
Answer:
Answer: