Do you speak geek? November 13, 2003 _____________________________ SPONSORED BY: WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD GEEKS
Consider yourself a geek-about-town? A well-read geek? The geek equivalent of Roger Ebert or Clive James? You may be just the geek we're looking for. TechTarget is putting together an article called "The Best in Entertainment for IT geeks in 2003." We're curious about the books, music, and movies that captured your fancy this year. They can be obscure or mainstream, as long as they have geek-appeal. Send your Best-of-Geek-Entertainment nominations to news editor John Hogan. Be sure to explain to him why your nominations are geek-worthy picks. Listing your full name and title in the e-mail would be enormously helpful -- in fact, if you'd consider being interviewed by telephone for the article, mention that in your note and include your phone number in the e-mail. Live long and prosper in 2004! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________ Are you a real Know-IT-All? We've provided ten hints for ten popular IT terms. How many can you guess without peeking? 1. This is the program your PC's microprocessor uses to get the computer system started after you turn it on. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid1_gci213814,00.html?track=NL-37 2. This refers to any program whose source code is made publicly available for use or modification. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/gDefinition/0,294236,sid39_gci212709,00.html?track=NL-37 3. This is the process of sorting through data to identify patterns and establish relationships. http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid11_gci211901,00.html?track=NL-37 4. This is the place in a computer where the operating system, application programs, and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the computer's processor. http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,290660,sid40_gci214255,00.html?track=NL-37 5. This is the transformation of a string of characters into a fixed-length value, or key, that represents the original string. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid13_gci212230,00.html?track=NL-37 6. This is the most common character format for text files in computers and on the Internet. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/gDefinition/0,294236,sid39_gci211600,00.html?track=NL-37 7. This is a guiding process for database table design that ensures that the results of using the database are always unambiguous and as intended. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid13_gci212669,00.html?track=NL-37 8. This program processes statements written in a particular programming language by turning them into the machine language that the computer's processor uses. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid1_gci211824,00.html?track=NL-37 9. This is a server that acts as an intermediary between an enterprise's workstation user and the Internet to provide security, administrative control, and caching service. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212840,00.html?track=NL-37 10. This is a high-speed special-purpose network that interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with associated data servers. http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci212937,00.html?track=NL-37 How many could you guess without peeking? We'd like to know! If you got 6/10 or more correct, we'll add your name to the whatis.com Honor Roll! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________ OCTOBER HONOR ROLL: Congratulations to the following geeks! William Burdick Logu Norman Vadnais Rudi Slegers Shobhit Mathur Graham King Jan Lipponen Manuel Rodriguez Sumanth Kumar Peter Parady John Yelverton Jody McCann Elvyn Reis John Lawson Beverly Floyd David Norini Donald Mays Pascal Fuks Terry Trimble Rich Phelan James R Henley Lawrence W. Burns Angela Fuentes Steve Anderson Lee Alley Don C. Slayter Mike A. Peterson David Clark Meena Haram Ed Workman Melissa S. Murray Nelson Morgan Ric Alvarez Mark S. Queen Ted Doyle Ray Forrest Donna Roberts-Luttrell Rafi Gefen Brian Fountaine Stefano Tuttobene Frank Thomas L. Brent Averett William Sutter Earl Boyd Jennifer Knight Cocasolid Suzy McKenzie wangzz rs seelan Girija Krishnaswamy Peter Pocock Mazliza Othman Catherine Ebenezer Rejean Cholette Debby Tresnan Balamurali. C Ana Carolina Curi Visgarra Suzy Manning Mark Libero CONGRATULATIONS to Terri Holden, our winner of the "Do You Speak Geek" Halloween drawing! 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