Science: Computers Easy Trivia Questions

#1 In computing, what does MIDI stand for?

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

#2 In any programming language, what is the most common way to iterate through an array?

'For' loops

#3 Pointers were not used in the original C programming language; they were added later on in C++.

False

#4 The first IBM PC was released in 1981.

True

#5 Which SQL keyword is used to fetch data from a database?

SELECT

#6 What does LTS stand for in the software market?

Long Term Support

#7 HTML is what type of language?

Markup Language

#8 The numbering system with a radix of 16 is more commonly referred to as

Hexidecimal

#9 What does GHz stand for?

Gigahertz

#10 How many kilobytes in one gigabyte (in decimal)?

1000000

#11 In "Hexadecimal", what color would be displayed from the color code? "#00FF00"?

Green

#12 Which company was established on April 1st, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne?

Apple

#13 The logo for Snapchat is a Bell.

False

#14 A Mac is not a PC

False

#15 What programming language was GitHub written in?

Ruby

#16 On a standard American QWERTY keyboard, what symbol will you enter if you hold the shift key and press 1?

Exclamation Mark

#17 What does the Prt Sc button do?

Captures what's on the screen and copies it to your clipboard

#18 What does the "MP" stand for in MP3?

Moving Picture

#19 The Electron computer was released in Britain during 1983 for the home computing market, by which company?

Acorn Computers

#20 How many values can a single byte represent?

256

#21 This mobile OS held the largest market share in 2012.

iOS

#22 Which computer hardware device provides an interface for all other connected devices to communicate?

Motherboard

#23 The programming language 'Swift' was created to replace what other programming language?

Objective-C

#24 According to the International System of Units, how many bytes are in a kilobyte of RAM?

1000

#25 The NVidia GTX 1080 gets its name because it can only render at a 1920x1080 screen resolution.

False

#26 JavaScript derives from a later version of Java

False

#27 What is the name of Layer 7 of the OSI model?

Application

#28 The programming language "Python" is based off a modified version of "JavaScript".

False

#29 Linus Torvalds created Linux and Git.

True

#30 RAM stands for Random Access Memory.

True

#31 In web design, what does CSS stand for?

Cascading Style Sheet

#32 What is the code name for the mobile operating system Android 7.0?

Nougat

#33 How long is an IPv6 address?

128 bits

#34 On Twitter, what was the original character limit for a Tweet?

140

#35 The C programming language was created by this American computer scientist.

Dennis Ritchie

#36 The series of the Intel HD graphics generation succeeding that of the 5000 and 6000 series (Broadwell) is called:

HD Graphics 500

#37 In computing, what does LAN stand for?

Local Area Network

#38 What language does Node.js use?

JavaScript

#39 Ada Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer.

True

#40 What is the most preferred image format used for logos in the Wikimedia database?

.svg

#41 The Windows 7 operating system has six main editions.

True

#42 In most programming languages, the operator ++ is equivalent to the statement "+= 1".

True

#43 Time on Computers is measured via the EPOX System.

False

#44 What does CPU stand for?

Central Processing Unit

#45 Which computer language would you associate Django framework with?

Python

#46 "HTML" stands for Hypertext Markup Language.

True

#47 What amount of bits commonly equals one byte?

8

#48 Linux was first created as an alternative to Windows XP.

False

#49 If you were to code software in this language you'd only be able to type 0's and 1's.

Binary

#50 What does the computer software acronym JVM stand for?

Java Virtual Machine

#1 In computing, what does MIDI stand for?

#2 In any programming language, what is the most common way to iterate through an array?

#3 Pointers were not used in the original C programming language; they were added later on in C++.

#4 The first IBM PC was released in 1981.

#5 Which SQL keyword is used to fetch data from a database?

#6 What does LTS stand for in the software market?

#7 HTML is what type of language?

#8 The numbering system with a radix of 16 is more commonly referred to as

#9 What does GHz stand for?

#10 How many kilobytes in one gigabyte (in decimal)?

#11 In "Hexadecimal", what color would be displayed from the color code? "#00FF00"?

#12 Which company was established on April 1st, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne?

#13 The logo for Snapchat is a Bell.

#14 A Mac is not a PC

#15 What programming language was GitHub written in?

#16 On a standard American QWERTY keyboard, what symbol will you enter if you hold the shift key and press 1?

#17 What does the Prt Sc button do?

#18 What does the "MP" stand for in MP3?

#19 The Electron computer was released in Britain during 1983 for the home computing market, by which company?

#20 How many values can a single byte represent?

#21 This mobile OS held the largest market share in 2012.

#22 Which computer hardware device provides an interface for all other connected devices to communicate?

#23 The programming language 'Swift' was created to replace what other programming language?

#24 According to the International System of Units, how many bytes are in a kilobyte of RAM?

#25 The NVidia GTX 1080 gets its name because it can only render at a 1920x1080 screen resolution.

#26 JavaScript derives from a later version of Java

#27 What is the name of Layer 7 of the OSI model?

#28 The programming language "Python" is based off a modified version of "JavaScript".

#29 Linus Torvalds created Linux and Git.

#30 RAM stands for Random Access Memory.

#31 In web design, what does CSS stand for?

#32 What is the code name for the mobile operating system Android 7.0?

#33 How long is an IPv6 address?

#34 On Twitter, what was the original character limit for a Tweet?

#35 The C programming language was created by this American computer scientist.

#36 The series of the Intel HD graphics generation succeeding that of the 5000 and 6000 series (Broadwell) is called:

#37 In computing, what does LAN stand for?

#38 What language does Node.js use?

#39 Ada Lovelace is often considered the first computer programmer.

#40 What is the most preferred image format used for logos in the Wikimedia database?

#41 The Windows 7 operating system has six main editions.

#42 In most programming languages, the operator ++ is equivalent to the statement "+= 1".

#43 Time on Computers is measured via the EPOX System.

#44 What does CPU stand for?

#45 Which computer language would you associate Django framework with?

#46 "HTML" stands for Hypertext Markup Language.

#47 What amount of bits commonly equals one byte?

#48 Linux was first created as an alternative to Windows XP.

#49 If you were to code software in this language you'd only be able to type 0's and 1's.

#50 What does the computer software acronym JVM stand for?

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