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Compuquiz — 72

 

1. The practice of making an email appear to have been sent from one source while concealing the true identity of the originator is known as what?

2. Displaying video while it is being transmitted over a network, so that the video recording starts playing before the entire file has been received is called what?

3. Name the IBM PC networking standard used to connect individual PCs - it transmits messages using a token or label attached to a packet.

4. What makes software easier to use because clicking on a button is faster than opening a menu and selecting a command?

5. What is often used on laptop PCs as a more compact and convenient alternative to a mouse?

6. Name the high speed communications standard that enables PC users to connect and disconnect peripheral devices without turning their computers off.

7. Which graphics are created with geometric objects, which can be altered or scaled without losing any quality of resolution?

8. The practice of displaying text, graphics or other data in a self-contained rectangular area on-screen is popularly known as what?

9. Name the terms used to describe the information network that has developed on the Internet.

10. Which language was devised to enable the creation of more powerful, richly structured documents than can be created with HTML?

Answers to Compuquiz 70

1.Object Orientation Programming

2.OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

3.Offline

4.Plasma Technology

5.Plasma Screens

6.Point of Presence

7.Portal

8.A private key is one half of the "key pair" used in asymmetric cryptography.

9.Protocol

10.Query

 

The following are the winners of Compuquiz 70

 

1. Randeep Singh, Gurdaspur

2. Gursharan Kaur, Chandigarh

3. Keerat Kaur, Raikot

 


Compuquiz rules

1.The readers who submit correct answers will be awarded the following cash prizes by The Tribune: First prize Rs 1,000, 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 March 4, 2002.

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 answers and result of Compuquiz-72 will be published in the issue of March 11, 2002.

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.

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