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#1 What was Bitcoin's block size limit in 2010?
1 MB
#2 Which of these programming languages is a low-level language?
Assembly
#3 When did the online streaming service "Mixer" launch?
2016
#4 What does the term GPU stand for?
Graphics Processing Unit
#5 Which of these is the name for the failed key escrow device introduced by the National Security Agency in 1993?
Clipper Chip
#6 Android versions are named in alphabetical order.
True
#7 The last Windows operating system to be based on the Windows 9x kernel was Windows 98.
False
#8 FLAC stands for "Free Lossless Audio Condenser"'
False
#9 The 'Raspberry Pi' series of single-board computers were created in the United States.
False
#10 Unix Time is defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since when?
Midnight, January 1, 1970
#11 In the server hosting industry IaaS stands for...
Infrastructure as a Service
#12 What five letter word is the motto of the IBM Computer company?
Think
#13 .at is the top-level domain for what country?
Austria
#14 How many bytes are in a single Kibibyte?
1024
#15 What does the 'S' in the RSA encryption algorithm stand for?
Shamir
#16 In programming, the ternary operator is mostly defined with what symbol(s)?
?:
#17 What does AD stand for in relation to Windows Operating Systems?
Active Directory
#18 .rs is the top-level domain for what country?
Serbia
#19 The name of technology company HP stands for what?
Hewlett-Packard
#20 The computer OEM manufacturer Clevo, known for its Sager notebook line, is based in which country?
Taiwan
#21 A Boolean value of "0" represents which of these words?
False
#22 All of the following programs are classified as raster graphics editors EXCEPT:
Inkscape
#23 When was the programming language "C#" released?
2000
#24 In programming, what do you call functions with the same name but different implementations?
Overloading
#25 In CSS, which of these values CANNOT be used with the "position" property?
center
#26 In HTML, which non-standard tag used to be be used to make elements scroll across the viewport?
#27 Generally, which component of a computer draws the most power?
Video Card
#28 Which internet company began life as an online bookstore called 'Cadabra'?
Amazon
#29 Laserjet and inkjet printers are both examples of what type of printer?
Non-impact printer
#30 What did the name of the Tor Anonymity Network orignially stand for?
The Onion Router
#31 Which of the following languages is used as a scripting language in the Unity 3D game engine?
C#
#32 MacOS is based on Linux.
False
#33 Moore's law originally stated that the number of transistors on a microprocessor chip would double every...
Year
#34 While Apple was formed in California, in which western state was Microsoft founded?
New Mexico
#35 In computing terms, typically what does CLI stand for?
Command Line Interface
#36 Nvidia's headquarters are based in which Silicon Valley city?
Santa Clara
#37 What is the main CPU is the Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis?
Motorola 68000
#38 AMD created the first consumer 64-bit processor.
True
#39 In the programming language "Python", which of these statements would display the string "Hello World" correctly?
print("Hello World")
#40 Early RAM was directly seated onto the motherboard and could not be easily removed.
True
#41 Which programming language was developed by Sun Microsystems in 1995?
Java
#42 Which operating system was released first?
Mac OS
#43 On which day did the World Wide Web go online?
December 20, 1990
#44 The HTML5 standard was published in 2014.
True
#45 What does the acronym CDN stand for in terms of networking?
Content Delivery Network
#46 What is the number of keys on a standard Windows Keyboard?
104
#47 On which computer hardware device is the BIOS chip located?
Motherboard
#48 The open source program Redis is a relational database server.
False
#49 What was the first commerically available computer processor?
Intel 4004
#50 Which of these people was NOT a founder of Apple Inc?
Jonathan Ive