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1. Name Nvidia’s newest line of processors for an upcoming new breed of MIDs that has been referred to as ‘computers on a chip’.

2. What is a Keychord?

3. According to a new McAfee report (“Mapping the Mal Web Revisited’) which country’s domain has jumped 28 places to qualify as the most dangerous place to surf and search on the Web?

4. To which Web site should one go to read Lalu Prasad Yadav’s blog?

5. What is ‘port knocking’?

6. Which was the first language to allow recursion i.e. routines call themselves?

7. Name the statistician credited with coining two of the most often used words: ‘bit’ and ‘software’.

8. Who originally designed the TrueType digital font format?

9. What does the acronym ‘TANSTAAFL’, generally used as part of a message or newsgroup posting, stand for?

10. How many 8-bit bytes to a Kibibit?

Answers

1. Tegra

2. A combination of two or more keys pressed and held down at the same time (like control-A)

3. Hong Kong (.hk).

4. www.mypopkorn.com

5. Pinging a combination of ports before entry is allowed.

6. ALGOL

7. John Tukey.

8. Apple

9. There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

10. 128

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