Computer Trivia and General Knowledge

What are these?

• Frop Disc

• Floppy Disc

• Jump Drive

• Sad Disc

In computer terminology what does the acronym LAN stand for?

• Large Area Number

• Local Artist Neighbor

• Land Around Network

• Local Area Network

What existed first?

• The Transistor

• Computers

• Silicon Chips

• Vacuum Tubes

Which of these does not add security to data

• Encryption

• Decryption

• SSL

• Complex passwords

What was the name of the first IBM Computer to beat a Chess Grand-master?

• Watson

• Deep Blue

• Deep Purple

• Jetson

Which famous computer scientist proposed that the number of transistors will double every 2 years?

• John Moore

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• Linus Torvalds

The common name for the crime of stealing passwords is _______

• spooling

• piracy

• spoofing

• password jacking

How much ram did the Apollo 11 guidance computer have in 1969?

• 20 bytes

• 4 Kilobytes

• 8 Megabyte

• 1 Gigabyte

In what year was the first Apple computer released?

• 1976

• 1981

• 1971

• 1986

What was the name of the famous AI from 2010: The Year We Make Contact?

_{(sequel to 2001: A Space Oddessy)}

• PAL100

• SAL9000

• MEL2000

• HAL9000