Monday,
April 8, 2002
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Compuquiz |
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1. What do we call the
utility that rearranges your discontiguous files and free space on your
computer so that your files are stored in contiguous units and free
space is consolidated in one contiguous block?
2. What do we call a
company that provides computer storage space and related management to
other companies?
3. Name the format for
storing and backing up computer data on tape that evolved from the
Digital Audio Tape (DAT) technology.
4. Name the storage
management system especially designed for moving large files and large
amounts of data around a network.
5. This is a form of
static random access memory whose contents are saved when a computer is
turned off or loses its external power source. Which is it?
6. A centralized
repository for business information that provides common data management
and protection, as well as data sharing functions, through connections
to numerous (and possibly dissimilar) computer systems is called what?
7. A programmable
read-only memory that can be erased by shining an intense ultraviolet
light through a window in the memory chip so that the memory can be
re-used is known as what?
8. A way of storing the
same data in different places on multiple hard disks is called what?
9. A data storage
technology that allows information to be written to a disk a single time
and prevents the drive from erasing the data is called what?
10. What might occur
when a program or process tries to store more data in a temporary data
storage area than it was intended to hold?
Answers to Compuquiz 76
1.GNU
2.Python
3.Mole
4.Sheep
5.Ferret
6.SQuID
7.Spider
8.Mammoth
9.Blowfish
10.Packet Monkey
The following are the
winners of Compuquiz 76
1. Satbir Singh,
Bhotwas, Jatusana, Rewari
2. Amarpreet, Panchkula
3. Randeep Singh, Gurdaspur
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