Irene Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 There should be at least one for everyone here. One answer only each time please... 1. How many bits are there in a byte? = Eight (doug) 2. What does BASIC stand for as in the computer programming language? = Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (Gandalph) 3. Which company produced the PET and AMIGA computers? = Commodore (rong) 4. Who in February 2004 founded Facebook? = Mark Zuckerberg (Gandalph) 5. Which is reckoned to be the first home computer when launched in 1977? = Apple-1 (boris) 6. Who was the heroine of the computer game “Tomb Raider”? = Lara Croft (bludgard) 7. What was the name of the website founded by Steve & Julie Pankhurst in 1999? = Friends Reunited (boris) 8. What does the term MODEM stand for? = MOdulator DEMondulator (ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐp) 9. How much is a NIBBLE in computing terms? = Four bits or 1/2 byte (doug) 10. What was founded by Jimmy Wales in 2001? = Wikipedia (ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐp) 11. Who is credited with creating the World Wide Web in 1990? = Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Gandalph) 12. What is meant by ‘LOL’ in internet chat or text-speak? = Laugh(ing) Out Loud (-pops-) 13. Which company produced the BBC computer? = Acorn (Gandalph) 14. Who was born first Steve Jobs or Bill Gates? = Steve Jobs [born 24.02.1955] compared with Bill Gates born 28/10/1955 (boris) 15. What is SQL? = Structured Query Language (used in relational databases) (ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐp) 16. Which company markets the “Photoshop” software? = Adobe (Gandlph) 17. What is RAM? = Random Access Memory - a computer's short term memory (ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐp) 18. What type of files would have the extensions .GIF or .JPG? = Images or photographs (ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐp) 19. In which year was Windows 1.0, the first version of the operating system introduced? = 1985 (ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐp) 20. Often used in web-site design, what does the term WYSIWYG mean? = What You See is What You Get (-pops-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 20. What You See Is What You Get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 No one you should ask Branislav Ivanovic3 Commodore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 1 = 8 9 = 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 12. Depends on your name. If it's Cameron, LOL means Lots Of Love. For members of the human race it generally means Laughs Out Loud. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/04/david-cameron-texts-rebekah-brooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 2. Beginners All Standard Instruction Code 4. Mark Zuckerberg 5. BBC B 11. Tim Berners Lee 13. Acorn Computers (Cherry Hinton, Cambridge) 16. Adobe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 8. Modulator/Demodulator 10. Wikipedia 15. Structured Querly Language (to access relational databases) 17. (Random Access) Memory 18. image files 19. 1985 That leaves 6, 7, and 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 One answer only each time please... Sorry, I only noticed this now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 20. What You See Is What You Get. No one you should ask Branislav Ivanovic3 Commodore 12. Depends on your name. If it's Cameron, LOL means Lots Of Love. For members of the human race it generally means Laughs Out Loud. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/04/david-cameron-texts-rebekah-brooks 2. Beginners All Standard Instruction Code Almost, but not quite ;) 4. Mark Zuckerberg 5. BBC B 11. Tim Berners Lee 13. Acorn Computers (Cherry Hinton, Cambridge) 16. Adobe. 8. Modulator/Demodulator 10. Wikipedia 15. Structured Querly Language (to access relational databases) 17. (Random Access) Memory 18. image files 19. 1985 That leaves 6, 7, and 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Still remaining... 2. What does BASIC stand for as in the computer programming language? 5. Which is reckoned to be the first home computer when launched in 1977? 6. Who was the heroine of the computer game “Tomb Raider”? 7. What was the name of the website founded by Steve & Julie Pankhurst in 1999? 14. Who was born first Steve Jobs or Bill Gates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 2. Beginners All Symbolic Instruction Code. :)5. Sinclair ZX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 2. Beginners All Symbolic Instruction Code. :) Near enough for me! ;)5. Sinclair ZX No, sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 5. Altair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 14) Trick question as they're both Android Replicants they have Incept dates not birthdays. See Tyrell Corporation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 5. Altair? The correct answer begins with the same letter though. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Must be the Acorn, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Must be the Acorn, then. There is another one beginning with 'A' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Must be the Acorn, then. no_1.gif There is another one beginning with 'A' Apricot? 6. Who was the heroine of the computer game “Tomb Raider”? Lara Croft/Angelina Jolie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Must be the Acorn, then. There is another one beginning with 'A'Apricot 6. Who was the heroine of the computer game “Tomb Raider”? Lara Croft/Angelina Jolie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Just three left: 5, 7, 14. Perhaps a slight Google will help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 5. The Apple II was the first computer you could get which was ready assembled and could be programmed.You had to use a separate television screen and the programs were loaded in by cassette tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Perhaps a slight Google will help? Google? RYFKM? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Must be the Acorn, then. There is another one beginning with 'A' 5. Atari? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 5. Abacus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 5. The Apple II was the first computer you could get which was ready assembled and could be programmed. You had to use a separate television screen and the programs were loaded in by cassette tape. Apple-1 is the 'official' answer. Must be the Acorn, then. There is another one beginning with 'A' 5. Atari? 5. Abacus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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