Welcome to the Ultimate Computer Trivia challenge! This post is designed for tech enthusiasts, seasoned computer scientists, aspiring programmers, and everyone in between who has a keen interest in the world of computing. This trivia is a delightful mix of 100 interesting and thought-provoking questions that will take you on a journey through the fascinating world of computers. From the invention of programming languages to the nuances of networking and cybersecurity, we cover it all. Whether you’re a novice eager to learn more or an expert testing your knowledge, we promise there’s something here for everyone. So, are you ready to dive deep into the world of computer trivia? Let’s get started!
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1. Who is considered the ‘father of the computer’? Reveal Answer Charles Babbage 2. What does CPU stand for in computer terminology? Reveal Answer Central Processing Unit 3. What was the name of the first general-purpose electronic computer? Reveal Answer ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) 4. What year was the first Apple computer released? Reveal Answer 1976 5. What is the meaning of ‘HTTP’ that is used in website addresses? Reveal Answer Hypertext Transfer Protocol 6. Who invented the World Wide Web? Reveal Answer Sir Tim Berners-Lee 7. What does the ‘www’ in a URL stand for? Reveal Answer World Wide Web 8. What is the name of the first computer programmer? Reveal Answer Ada Lovelace 9. What was the first successful high-level programming language? Reveal Answer FORTRAN 10. What does GUI stand for in computing? Reveal Answer Graphical User Interface 11. Who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates? Reveal Answer Paul Allen 12. What is the name of Google’s parent company? Reveal Answer Alphabet Inc. 13. What is the name of the first commercially successful video game? Reveal Answer Pong 14. What is Moore’s Law? Reveal Answer It’s the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. 15. What programming language was originally developed at Bell Labs in the 1970s? Reveal Answer C programming language 16. Which computer virus caused $10 billion in damage and was the fastest spreading virus in history? Reveal Answer ILOVEYOU virus 17. What is the name of the first computer virus? Reveal Answer Creeper 18. What does ‘SQL’ stand for? Reveal Answer Structured Query Language 19. What does ‘BIOS’ stand for in computer terminology? Reveal Answer Basic Input/Output System 20. What is the most used programming language as of my knowledge cutoff in 2021? Reveal Answer JavaScript 22. What is the full form of ‘OS’ in computer language? Reveal Answer Operating System 23. Who is the founder of Free Software Foundation? Reveal Answer Richard Stallman 24. What was the first computer to defeat a World Chess Champion in a match? Reveal Answer IBM’s Deep Blue 25. What does URL stand for? Reveal Answer Uniform Resource Locator 26. Which company was established on April 1st, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne? Reveal Answer Apple 27. What does the ‘favicon’ stand for in web terminology? Reveal Answer Favorite Icon 28. Which language is used for web apps? Reveal Answer JavaScript 29. What is the capacity of a DVD? Reveal Answer 4.7GB 30. What does HTML stand for? Reveal Answer Hyper Text Markup Language 31. Who is the creator of the Python programming language? Reveal Answer Guido van Rossum 32. What does ‘FTP’ stand for? Reveal Answer File Transfer Protocol 33. In which year was the ‘@’ chosen for its use in email addresses? Reveal Answer 1972 34. What does SSD stand for? Reveal Answer Solid State Drive 35. What is the standard color depth of a computer monitor? Reveal Answer 24-bit 36. What does ‘CC’ mean in emails? Reveal Answer Carbon Copy 37. What is the full form of ‘JPEG’ in terms of computer files? Reveal Answer Joint Photographic Experts Group 38. What is the hexadecimal system based on? Reveal Answer Base 16 39. What does the ‘Alt+F4’ shortcut do in most Windows applications? Reveal Answer Closes the current window or application 40. What type of computer memory is non-volatile and can be electrically erased and reprogrammed? Reveal Answer Flash Memory 41. What does XML stand for? Reveal Answer eXtensible Markup Language 42. What does PDF stand for? Reveal Answer Portable Document Format 43. What does DPI stand for in printing and graphics? Reveal Answer Dots Per Inch 44. What company did Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson work for when they invented Unix? Reveal Answer Bell Laboratories 45. What is the binary system based on? Reveal Answer Base 2 46. Who is known as the inventor of the QWERTY keyboard? Reveal Answer Christopher Latham Sholes 47. What technology is used to record cryptocurrency transactions? Reveal Answer Blockchain 48. What does GNU stand for? Reveal Answer GNU’s Not Unix 49. What does ‘RJ45’ stand for in computer networking? Reveal Answer Registered Jack 45 50. What does ASCII stand for? Reveal Answer American Standard Code for Information Interchange 51. What does ‘BSOD’ stand for in computer terminology? Reveal Answer Blue Screen of Death 52. What company was the first to license the Java technology from Sun Microsystems in 1996? Reveal Answer Netscape Communications 53. Who wrote the Linux kernel? Reveal Answer Linus Torvalds 54. What was the first browser to handle cookies? Reveal Answer Netscape Navigator 55. What does ‘CAPTCHA’ stand for? Reveal Answer Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart 56. What is the most significant bit in a byte? Reveal Answer The leftmost bit 57. What does ARPANET stand for? Reveal Answer Advanced Research Projects Agency Network 58. What does ‘DDoS’ stand for in cybersecurity? Reveal Answer Distributed Denial of Service 59. What does ‘MAC’ stand for in computer networking? Reveal Answer Media Access Control 60. Who was the co-founder of Intel? Reveal Answer Robert Noyce 61. Which company created the first silicon microprocessor? Reveal Answer Intel 62. What is the primary use of RAM in a computer? Reveal Answer It temporarily stores data that the computer is currently working with or processing. 63. What does ‘BI’ stand for in business terminology? Reveal Answer Business Intelligence 64. What is the first name of the individual that the programming language ‘Python’ is named after? Reveal Answer Monty (from Monty Python) 65. What does CDN stand for? Reveal Answer Content Delivery Network 66. What is a common term for software that allows one operating system to host other operating systems? Reveal Answer Virtualization 67. What is the primary purpose of an operating system? Reveal Answer It manages hardware and software resources on a computer. 68. What does RAID stand for in computing? Reveal Answer Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks 69. What does the ‘B’ in ‘B-tree’ stand for? Reveal Answer Balanced 70. What is the full form of ‘ALU’ in computer language? Reveal Answer Arithmetic Logic Unit 71. Who developed the Ruby programming language? Reveal Answer Yukihiro ‘Matz’ Matsumoto 72. What language was the basis for developing Ruby? Reveal Answer Perl 73. What are ‘null’ values in database terminology? Reveal Answer Values that are unknown or missing. 74. What is a ‘schema’ in database terminology? Reveal Answer A blueprint that represents the logical view of the entire database. 75. What does ‘MIME’ stand for? Reveal Answer Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions 76. What is ‘lossless’ compression? Reveal Answer A type of compression in which no data is lost. 77. What is a ‘query’ in database terminology? Reveal Answer A request to access data from a database to manipulate it or retrieve it. 78. What does API stand for? Reveal Answer Application Programming Interface 79. What does the ‘boot’ in ‘booting up’ a computer stand for? Reveal Answer Bootstrap 80. What is ‘cloud computing’? Reveal Answer The delivery of computing services over the internet (‘the cloud’) instead of using local servers or personal devices. 81. What does ‘EULA’ stand for? Reveal Answer End User License Agreement 82. What does ‘FLOSS’ stand for in software? Reveal Answer Free/Libre and Open Source Software 83. What is a ‘firewall’ in computer terminology? Reveal Answer A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. 84. What does ‘IoT’ stand for? Reveal Answer Internet of Things 85. What does ‘GPL’ stand for in open-source software? Reveal Answer General Public License 86. Who is the inventor of the C++ programming language? Reveal Answer Bjarne Stroustrup 87. What is ‘machine learning’? Reveal Answer A type of artificial intelligence that allows software applications to become more accurate at predicting outcomes without being explicitly programmed to do so. 88. What does ‘RISC’ stand for in computing? Reveal Answer Reduced Instruction Set Computer 89. What does ‘OOP’ stand for in programming? Reveal Answer Object Oriented Programming 90. What is a ‘bit’ in computer terminology? Reveal Answer It is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. 91. What does ‘ISP’ stand for? Reveal Answer Internet Service Provider 92. What does ‘LAN’ stand for? Reveal Answer Local Area Network 93. What does ‘URL’ stand for? Reveal Answer Uniform Resource Locator 94. What does ‘WAN’ stand for? Reveal Answer Wide Area Network 95. What does ‘WWW’ stand for? Reveal Answer World Wide Web Sharing is Caring:
