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1. What was named Time man of the year in the year 1982?
2.

Developed by 25 year old college graduate Jordan Mechner who created the story,
characters and levels this game took four years to make. His father composed the
music and he videotaped his brothers motions in order to make the animation
realistic. Initially produced on Apple II, it later made almost all platforms. What?
[Hint: The game had to be completed in 60 minutes and cheat Codes are
Megahit]

3. Which British computing brain died of Cyanide poisoning after being arrested and
tried for homosexuality?(Clue: Go Step By Step, in a State wise manner)
4. Incorporated as Computing-Tabulating-Recording company in 1911, it formally
changed its name in 1924. How do we better know this company today?
5. Released on 22 March 93.. Ted Hoff and Fedricco Faggin designed the first one for
usiom of Japan. It was originally to be called 80586, Razor, Prochip & Intellect.
What are we discussing?
6. Invented by IBM engineer, Alan Shugart. It was used initially to hold microcode and
diagnostics for the IBM mainframe computer systems. It got a nick name due to its
flexibilty and that is the name by which we know it today. What?
7. In 1983, the subscribers of PC World received a free demo floppy with the
magazine. This was probably the first time in history that a magazine featured a
floppy bind in. Now days this practice is pretty common with magazines giving
away CDs instead of floppies. What product was introduced to the subscribers via
that floppy?
8. It could have been: Calex, Elcal, Calecom, Elcom, Calcomp, Digicom, Tronicom,
Comptek, Computek, Esscotek, Ectek or something that sounds closer to More
Noise. But what name was finally chosen for this startup?
9. How and where would you most probably read the following:
And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance. The
house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to the earth.
Their tags shall blink until the end of days.
10. Which chat client did Bridget Jones and her boss Daniel Cleaver use to flirt online in the
chick flick Bridget Jones' Diary?

11. What was formerly codenamed Blackcomb and Vienna?

12. Expand
a. MIDI.

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d.
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SATA

MBR
WGA
CMOS
MSN

13. Kay McNulty, Betty Jennings, Betty Snyder, Marlyn Wescoff, Fran
Bilas and Ruth Lichterman are the six women who did most of the
programming for what project?
14. READ THIS PAGE FIRST! First compiled when I became frustrated
while reading magazine articles, help wanted ads and equipment for
sale brochures....all pertaining to computers....where the following
Abbreviations and Acronyms were used and their meanings were
either not known to me or were not immediately available. I have
actually seen (or have been told about) these combinations of
letters used at one time or another in magazines, newspapers,
handbooks, etc. They apply to personal computers, multimedia,
communications, programming, networking, etc......you name it.
This glossary can never be considered complete so look over the
entries and let me have your feedback. If you find errors or if you
can suggest additions, they will be most welcome (See NOTE 1). If
you can help, you have my thanks in advance.
We all might have used this list for preparing for IT quizzes. What is
it called?
15. X started in Chicago, Illinois as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in
1928 with its first product being a battery eliminator. The name X
was adopted in 1930, and the word has been used as a trademark
since the 1930s. Founders Paul Galvin and Joseph Galvin came up
with the name when the company started manufacturing car radios
in 1930; the name is derived from a part of the car and the market
leader in record players at that time. Identify X.
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