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This type of technology is designed to mimic human brain functions and is being used to enhance machine learning and decision-making processes.
What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
This is the most common software that we help solve issues with
What is Adobe?
This programming language is named after a type of Indonesian coffee
What is Java?
This is the best-selling video game as of January 3rd, 2025
What is Minecraft?
The acronym PIN stands for
What is Personal Identification Number?
This voice-activated virtual assistant is integrated into devices like smartphones, speakers, and home automation systems.
What is Amazon Alexa?
When a student has a tech issue that we cannot fix this is where we send them
What is the bookstore?
This app was the most downloaded app of the 2010s
What is facebook?
This British TV series focused on three members of the IT department at the fictional Reynholm Industries
What is the IT Crowd?
This company employs the largest number of language translators
What is Google?
This technology allows users to interact with virtual environments, often using special goggles or headsets, and is popular in gaming and training simulations.
What is virtual reality (VR)?
This program allows us to remote into a users system
What is Bomgar?
This was Google's 4th retired attempt at launching a social media platform
What is Google+?
This 2006 video game console pioneered the use of motion sensors
What is Wii?
This product is what Amazon first started out selling
What is books?
This modern storage device uses flash memory rather than spinning disks, offering faster data access speeds and increased durability.
What is a solid-state drive (SSD)?
This person repairs physically damaged Colgate Owned machines
This is the official name for the "prove you're not a robot" tests that websites sometimes require
What is CAPTCHAs?
This year was when the first installment of the Mario Party franchise was released
What is 1998?
The 2.0 version of the Android operating system was nicknamed "Eclair" and the 2.3 version was nicknamed "Gingerbread." In between was the five-letter name of a cold dessert which exploded in popularity in the 2000s with self-serve toppings. This desserts name is...
What is Froyo?
This technology allows everyday devices, like refrigerators and lightbulbs, to connect to the internet, enabling remote control and automation.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
This website has information on ITS and many of the issues we see from day to day
What is colgate.edu/itsd?
The acronym URL stands for
What is Uniform Resource Locator?
The first home gaming console was called
What is The Magnavox Odyssey?
The acronym PDF stands for
What is Portable Document Format?