Quiz: Do you speak geek?

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Published by WhatIs.com  November 19, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> Do you speak geek? General knowledge quiz >> Google and Whatis.com How to find us on Google  Do you speak geek? How many of these IT terms can you guess without peeking? 1. Which term describes a central point in an enterprise from which all customer contacts are managed? a. call center b. help desk Answer 2. This is a data area shared by hardware devices or program processes that operate at different speeds or with different sets of priorities. What is it? Answer 3. What technology did the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approve to track drugs from the factory to the pharmacy? Answer 4. Which of the following is NOT is not used in biometric verification? a. thumbprint b. earlobe c. handtop Answer 5. Which is an approach to selling goods and services in which a prospect explicitly agrees in advance to receive marketing information? a. customer managed relationship b. permission marketing Answer 6. What's the name of the open source version of the Netscape browser? Answer 7. It's not a mirage -- it's a nonprofit, international consortium whose goal is to promote the adoption of product-independent standards for information formats. What is it? Answer 8. A VAR is a company that takes an existing product, adds its own specific application and resells it as a new product or "package." What does VAR stand for? a. vertical application reseller b. value-added reseller Answer 9. This ambitious theory seeks to reconcile differences between the theory of relativity and quantum theory to explain the nature of all known matter and forces. What is it? Answer 10. Is EPIC an instruction set, an electronic reader or an educational Web site? Answer  Google and Whatis.com Do you use Google? You can find our definitions quickly on Google by just entering: Whatis.com name-of-term. For example, go to Google and enter "Whatis.com bit stuffing" (without the quotes) and you'll find a link to our definition for "bit stuffing." (Hint: Go to Google right now and try it.)   A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Contact us: WhatIs Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by WhatIs.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Updates on new site content": Go to unsubscribe: http://WhatIs.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?cid=497883&lid=430806&track=NL-37&ad=497883 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.