Tech History
Acronyms
Tech Terms
Mad Knowledge
CDCR Knowledge
100

What programming language is named after a type of Indonesian coffee?

What is Java?

100

What does the acronym URL stand for?

What is Uniform Resource Locator?

100

What delicious computer term did web browser programmer Lou Montulli coin to refer to information that is sent from the browser to the web server?

What is a Cookie?

100

What career was Alice pursuing at the start of "Alice Through the Looking Glass"?

What is the captain of a ship?

100

What does SOMS stand for?

What is Strategic Offender Management System?

200

Pierre Omidyar founded which popular online auction company in 1995 out of San Jose, California?

What is eBay?

200

What does CPU stand for?

What is Central Processing Unit?

200

What is the name for a computer virus which replicates itself and uses up all a computer’s processing space?

What is a Worm?

200

What is the name of Alice's cat?

Who is Dinah?

200

What is CDCR newest institution?

What is California Health Care Facility?

300

What computer and printer company, sometimes better known by its two-letter acronym, was founded in Palo Alto, CA in 1939?

What is Hewlett-Packard?

300

What does the initialism "VPN" stand for?

What is Virtual Private Network?

300

The worldwide network of computer networks.

What is the internet?

300

What game are Alice and The Queen of Hearts playing with flamingos and hedgehogs?

What is croquet?

300

What is CDCRs oldest institution?

What is San Quentin State Prison or SQ Rehabilitation Center

400

What popular operating system, launched in 1991, also has its own mascot, Tux the penguin?

What is Linux?

400

Often pronounced “gooey”, GUI is short for what well-known three-word tech term?

What is Graphical User Interface?

400

Linked computers, allowing communication.

What is network?

400

What color are the roses before they are painted red?

What is white?

400

Who is EIS' Director?

Who is Edmond Blagdon?

500

A pre-cursor to Wi-Fi was an ethernet connection, and a precursor to ethernet was the ALOHAnet which used a UHF wireless packet network to connect parts of what U.S. state?

What is Hawaii?

500

THINK was the company motto for more than 40 years, for the company often referred to as "Big Blue." What is this frequently-acronymed company?

What is IBM?

500

A type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.

What is flash memory?

500

1. 'Alice In Wonderland' is based on a book by what author?

Who is Lewis Carroll?

500

Who is CDCRs Secretary?

Who is Jeff Macomber?

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