Tech Quiz 14 | Tech Trivia
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Questions – Tech Quiz 14
- Who were the founders of Sun Microsystems, and what does “Sun” stand for?
- What major tech company was originally called Micro-Soft, and what inspired its name?
- Which computer was the first to use the Windows operating system?
- What was the original name of the wireless technology standard IEEE 802.11, commonly known now as Wi-Fi?
- What year did the World Wide Web go live to the public, and who announced it?
- What was the first graphical web browser to gain popular usage?
- What was the original purpose of Amazon’s mechanical turk service?
- What unusual method did Nintendo use in the 1980s to combat piracy of their video games?
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ANSWERS – Tech Quiz 14
- Sun Microsystems was founded by Vinod Khosla, Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Joy, and Scott McNealy. “Sun” stands for Stanford University Network, reflecting its origins in a Stanford University project.
- Microsoft was originally called Micro-Soft, a blend of ‘microcomputer’ and ‘software’. It was founded to develop software for the emerging market of personal computers.
- The first computer to use the Windows operating system was the IBM Personal Computer. Released in 1985, Windows 1.0 was designed to run as a graphical layer on top of MS-DOS.
- The original name for Wi-Fi was “WaveLAN.” IEEE adopted the more friendly and catchy name “Wi-Fi,” conceptualized by a branding firm, to help promote the technology.
- The World Wide Web went live to the public on August 6, 1991. It was announced by its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, on a newsgroup.
- NCSA Mosaic was the first graphical web browser to gain widespread usage. Developed in 1993, it played a significant role in popularizing the World Wide Web.
- Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service was originally designed to help integrate human intelligence to perform tasks that computers were unable to do efficiently.
- Nintendo used a proprietary 10NES chip in their cartridges to combat piracy. This chip had to match a corresponding chip in the console for the game to boot, preventing unauthorized game copying.
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