Monday,
May 13, 2002
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Compuquiz |
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Compuquiz —
83
1. A collection of data
items organized as a set of formally-described tables from which data
can be accessed or reassembled in many different ways without having to
reorganize the database tables is called what?
2. This is a standard
interactive and programming language for getting information from and
updating a database. Name it.
3. In creating a
database, the process of organizing it into tables in such a way that
the results of using the database are always unambiguous is known as
what?
4. In 1977, this
company set out to prove that the prevailing theory that relationship
databases lacked commercial viability, was wrong. Which company is this?
5. This family of
products is IBM's cross-platform relational database management system.
Name it.
6. Identify the type of
database, which can be used to mine data for business trends, doesn't
require SQL queries, but instead allows a user to ask questions like
"How many PCs have been sold in Chandigarh so far this year?".
7. This is an open
standard application programming interface (API) for accessing a
database. Name it.
8. Which term, used to
describe a database that occupies magnetic storage in the terabyte
range, describes a database that contains billions of table rows?
9. This is a collection
of descriptions about data objects that is created for the benefit of
programmers and others who might need to refer to them. What is it
called?
10. Which term is used
to describe the process of forecasting, or simply discovering patterns
in data that can lead to predictions about the future?
Answers to Compuquiz 81
1. Peripheral
2. Backbone
3. NIC
4. MAC address
5. Twisted pair
6. Edge device
7. Transistor
8. Router
9. Motherboard
10. Repeater
The following are the
winners of Compuquiz 81
1. R.S. Hundal,
Amritsar
2. Himanshu Bhardwaj,
New Delhi
3. Rajesh Jindal, Faridabad
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