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Hardware, software and computing history. Test yourself against real players in a fast Computers trivia battle: ten questions, ten seconds each, and the quickest right answer scores the most.
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The name of technology company HP stands for what?
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Answer: Hewlett-Packard. The correct answer is Hewlett-Packard.
In any programming language, what is the most common way to iterate through an array?
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Answer: 'For' loops. The correct answer is 'For' loops.
Unix Time is defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since when?
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Answer: Midnight, January 1, 1970. The correct answer is Midnight, January 1, 1970.
How many bytes are in a single Kibibyte?
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Answer: 1024. The correct answer is 1024.
What does the term GPU stand for?
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Answer: Graphics Processing Unit. The correct answer is Graphics Processing Unit.
What does the computer software acronym JVM stand for?
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Answer: Java Virtual Machine. The correct answer is Java Virtual Machine.
Training a model on examples that come with correct answers attached is called what?
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Answer: Supervised learning. The labels 'supervise' what the model learns.
On Twitter, what was the original character limit for a Tweet?
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Answer: 140. The correct answer is 140.
The acronym "RIP" stands for which of these?
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Answer: Routing Information Protocol. The correct answer is Routing Information Protocol.
What was the name given to Android 4.3?
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Answer: Jelly Bean. The correct answer is Jelly Bean.
Which Apple voice assistant debuted on the iPhone 4S in 2011?
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Answer: Siri. Siri began as a separate app before Apple bought it.
Color model CMYK stands for?
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Answer: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. The correct answer is Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black.
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Computers is part of our Technology quizzes, inside the wider Technology History quiz. Every question is multiple choice with four options, checked by the Quix team, and the pool of 190+ questions means you rarely see the same one twice.
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How many Computers questions are there?
More than 190 Computers questions, checked by the Quix team, and new ones are added regularly. A match draws ten of them.
How does a Computers quiz match work?
Ten questions, ten seconds each, against up to three players matched to your level. Answer right and fast to score more; your first tap locks in.
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