Monday, October 16, 2000		Compuquiz-1

1.Who developed the first electronic computer in 1942 which used vacuum tubes for both data storage and data computation?

2.Name the daughter of Lord Byron who is known as the first documented computer programmer in the world.

3.What is the full form of ATM — Postscript font utility from Adobe Systems?

4.What is an Anonymous FTP?

5.Name the British mathematician who is known as the father of computer science and whose basic idea of the analytical engine still holds good after more than a century?

6.Name the French inventor after whom Baud — a unit of measuring data transmission speed is named.

7.What is the nickname for International Business Machine Corporation (IBM)?

8.What is a Bit?

9.What is a BMP (Bit Map) format?

10.What is a boot virus?

Compuquiz rules

1.The readers who submit correct answers will be awarded the following cash prizes by The Tribune:

First prize Rs 1000/-, second prize Rs 750/-, third prize Rs 500/-.

2.All entries must be accompanied with a clipping of this quiz.

3.Entries should be sent to Quizmaster, Log in....Tribune, The Tribune, Sector 29 -C, Chandigarh latest by October 23, 2000.

4.In case of more than one correct entry, prizes will be decided by a draw of lots. The decision of the Quizmaster in this regard will be final.

5. The result of Compuquiz-1 will be published in the issue of October 30, 2000.

6. Entries should be sent on plain paper preferably typed in double space or handwritten legibly in block letters.

7. All entries must carry the sender's name, complete address and contact number.