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Questions

1. Which video game company was originally founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi in 1889?

2. Name the Net phone services company that Yahoo! is buying soon.

3. Name the joint OS development project of Bell Labs, GE, and MIT in the 1960s.

4. What is the name of the blogging and social networking site for consumers that has Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen working for it?

5. Any software noted more for what is included than for its usefulness is called... ?

6. How many nibbles will make a byte?

7. Expand PCMCIA as in PCMCIA card.

8. Len Adleman, the initial developer of DNA computing, is credited by many with coining which common cyber term?

9. Name the first WYSIWYG document preparation program.

10. Which popular technology-related Web site's tagline reads: News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.

Answers

1. Nintendo

2. Dialpad

3. Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service)

4. 24 Hour Laundry

5. Shovelware

6. Two

7. Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

8. Computer Virus

9. Bravo

10. Slashdot.org

V.V. Ramanan

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