IT Quiz – Set 7

QUESTIONS:

1. This was first released by Justin Frankel and is written by a company which is now a subsidiary of Time Warner. It was a popular and a early example of application skinning. It has many number of "Easter Eggs", i.e hidden features that are accessible via undocumented options. What is being referred to?

2. Who is the creator of the Linux kernel and what is its official mascot?

3. This is a Unix-like operating system intended for academic use and was first released by Andrew.S.Tanenbaum in 1987. Later, the Linux Kernel evolved from this. Which is this operating system?

4. What is the full form of JVC, the international consumer and electronics corporation?

5. What is the maximum capacity of a DVD-18 disc with DS and DL (double side and double layer)?

6. This company was founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of Acer Inc. It was renamed to its present name in 2001 and completely separated from Acer in 2006. Their corporate vision is : Bringing enjoyment and quality to life. Which is this famous company?

7. This website is an American internet company founded in San Jose, California on September 3, 1995, by French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar. PayPal, Skype, StubHub and Kijiji are owned by the same company as this. Name the website. (The company name and website name is same).

8. 'Modulator demodulator' is popularly known as what?

9. This company was founded by Cecil. H. Green, J. Erik Jonsson, Euguene McDermott and Patrick Haggerty in 1951. This company is renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. It is the top supplier of chips for cellular handsets. It is listed as TXN under NYSE. What is the company's initial name?

10. This company was founded in 1896 as Tabulating Machine Company and was incorporated as Computing Tabulating Recording Coporation (CTR) on June 16, 1911. This company's employees have got 3 Nobel Prizes, 4 Turing Awards, 5 National Medals of Technology, and 5 National Medals of Science. Give the name of its founder.

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ANSWERS:

1. Winamp Media Player

2. Creator is Linus Torvalds, mascot is the Tux.

3. MINIX

4. Victor Company of Japan

5. 17.08 GB. These DVD's are very rare compared to the popular DVD-5

6. BenQ

7. eBay.com owned by eBay Inc

8. MODEM

9. General Instruments. The company is Texas Instruments

10. Herman Hollerith. The company is IBM.