History
In 1999 Shigetaka Kurita invented these keyboard additions for cell phones that would eventually replace emoticons and even get their own movie
What are emojis
This letter is used to to paste information when clicked synchronously with Ctrl
What is V
Although the exact origin is unknown, this piece of technology and calculating tool used beans or stones moved in grooves of sand to perform calculations. Although computers have mostly replaced it, this tool is still in use for teaching arithmetic to children in many parts of the world.
What is an abacus
This popular operating system, launched in 1991, also has its own mascot, Tux the penguin
What is Linux
This company first introduced their Chromebook hardware in 2011
What is Google
This is the somewhat-logical term for the internet prank and meme in which an unexpected appearance of the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up" is "planted" into an unrelated link? The meme's popularity dates back to 2008
What is "Rickrolling"
You get this color if you mix together the two colors that appear twice in the Google logo
What is purple
This mechanical device can be described as a method of applying pressure to an inked surface onto a medium, thereby transferring the ink? This two word device has St. Brigit as its patron saint
What is a Printing Press
Often pronounced “gooey”, GUI is short for this well-known three-word tech term
What is Graphical User Interface
This startup, acquired by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012, became the fourth most downloaded app in the 2010s and is known for the posting of pictures
What is Instagram
During Apple's 2017 presentation of its new line of iPhones it included their new form of biometric security and authentication under this name
What is Face ID
The name of the spacecraft launched in 1989 to observe Jupiter that is named for the Italian astronomer who is regarded as the “Father of the Scientific Method”
What is Galileo
This video game console released in 2006 pioneered the use of motion controls in its gameplay
What is the Nintendo Wii
Lou Montulli coined this delicious computer term web browser programmer to refer to information that is sent from the browser to the web server
What is "cookie"
Pierre Omidyar founded this popular online auction company in 1995 out of San Jose, California
What is eBay
According to a former Facebook employee, the company used to have a master password that could unlock any user's account. This password was a variation on the name of what martial artist and actor, perhaps because he definitely couldn't be considered "too weak" (this is based on a popular meme at the time)
What is "Chuck Norris"
With more than 104 million installs since January of 2020, this app is on pace to be the most downloaded non-game app of the year
What is TikTok
This is how many times would you have had to hit the 4 button to text the word “Hi” on a flip phone’s non-T9 number pad
What is 5
This is the two-word official name of the feature in the Zoom app in which smaller groups of people meet separately from a main meeting
What is a "breakout room"
This innovative radio company developed the Music Genome Project to classify music by mirroring mathematical techniques for gene sequencing within human DNA? The company is named after the first human woman created by the gods in Greek mythology
What is Pandora
Ajit Pai was the chairman of this federal organization when it repealed "Net Neutrality" rules in 2017
What is the Federal Communications Commission
Sequoia and Accel are both financial firms that are considered hallmark members of this sub-class of private equity investing
What is Venture Capital
Biotech that exists on a scale of one billionth of a meter is called ______biotechnology
What is "nanobiotechnology"
This term is used for the most basic level or core of an operating system, responsible for resource allocation, file management and security? In a different context, this word can also mean the seed and hard husk of a cereal
What is "kernel"
This American tech company had a microprocessor facility in Costa Rica that at one time was responsible for 20% of Costa Rican exports and 5% of the country's GDP
What is Intel