ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 The Computer QuizWhat is the advantage of a 64-bit system over 32-bit? 32-bit systems can only address up to 4GB of RAM (Pat)What is the difference between JavaScript and Java? Java is a programming language; JavaScript is a scripting language built into web browsers etc. (Pat)What is HTML? HyperText Markup Language (-pops-)What is the most popular (most widely used) programming language in commercial applications? Cobol (Pat)Who is (was) Thomas Watson? The founder of IBM (Gandalph)What is assembler language? A programming language that is close to machine language (Pat)Who founded Google? Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Gandalph)What is Unicode? A unified character set that contains almost all glyphs of any written language (Pat)What is PDF? Portable Document Format (Irene)What is the highest integer number you can store in one byte? 255 (Gandalph)Bonus question: what is the most boring programming language? Cobol (Pat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 9. Portable Document Format Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 9. Portable Document Format ☑ Introduced by Adobe more than 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 3. HyperText Markup Language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gandalph Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 5. President of IBM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 7. Larry Page and Sergey Brin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 3. HyperText Markup Language ☑ The language every website is made with.5. President of IBM ☑7. Larry Page and Sergey Brin ☑ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 8. It is a code which is assigned to a Character, Number or Symbol key on a keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 10. 11111111 or 255 ( I think, but I'm going rusty) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 4. C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Too programming technical for me, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 8. It is a code which is assigned to a Character, Number or Symbol key on a keyboard. ☒10. 11111111 or 255 ( I think, but I'm going rusty) ☑4. C ☒ P.S. I have rephrased the original question 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 4. Java Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 4. Java Java is the most widely used language in non-computer electronic devices. In commerical (office, manufacturing, ...) applications, it is still Cobol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 It seems that there are no more contributors, although most of the questions were not too difficult. So here are the answers to the remaining questions. 1. What is the advantage of a 64-bit system over 32-bit? A 32-bit system can only address (use) up to 4GB of memory, 64-bit can address a very great deal more. So if you have a 32-bit system with 8GB of RAM, you can effectively only use the bottom 4GB. 2. What is the difference between JavaScript and Java? Java is a programming language originally developed by Sun Microsystems (now owned by Oracle).JavaScript is a scripting language, which interpreters are built into web browsers, operating systems, and applications like Acrobat. 4. What is the most popular (most widely used) programming language in commercial applications? Cobol 6. What is assembler language? Assembler is a programming language that closely matches machine language, i.e. one assembler instruction will result in one machine instruction. On higher level languages like C or Java, one statement may compile into a number of machine instructions. 8. What is Unicode? A unified character set that contains almost all glyphs of any written language in the world. If you are on Windows, open the Character Map and select the Arial Unicode MS font; you will see all the characters that are part of Unicode, including many symbols (like the ones I have used here: ☑ and ☒). What is the most boring programming language? Cobol, without any doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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