Tech History
This Legendary tech figure who is considered the father of computer science, cracked the Enigma machine during World War 2.
Who is Alan Turing
This technology uses qubits and principles of superposition and entanglement to perform computations exponentially faster than classical computers.
What is Quantum Computing
This type of attack involves overwhelming a network or service with excessive traffic to render it unavailable.
What is a DOS attack
In the film “Blade Runner,” this term is used for bioengineered humans designed for labor in off-world colonies.
What are Replicants
I have keys but no locks, and space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside. What am I?
What is a keyboard
In 1947, William Shockley and his team at Bell Labs invented this semiconductor device that revolutionized electronics.
What is the transistor
This 5G technology enables faster data transfer rates and lower latency by using a new radio frequency band.
What is Millimeter Wave
This form of malware encrypts files on a victim’s computer and demands payment to decrypt them.
What is ransomware
This long-running sci-fi series features a hacker named Lisbeth Salander, who uses her tech skills to investigate mysteries.
What is “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” series (Millennium series)
I’m a programming concept that’s quite a treat, I let you do the same thing over and over, no need to repeat. What am I?
What is a loop
This woman was a pioneer in computer science, developing the first compiler and popularizing the term “debugging”
Who is Grace Hopper
This technology brings computation and data storage closer to the data sources to improve response times and save bandwidth.
What is Edge Computing
This term describes malware that disguises itself as legitimate software but provides unauthorized access to a user’s system.
what is a Trojan horse
In the video game “Portal,” this malevolent AI oversees the Aperture Science Facility and serves as the game’s antagonist.
Who is GLaDOS
I’m a protocol that’s quite chatty, I help computers say “Hello” and “How are you?” in binary. What am I?
What is TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
Developed in the 1960s, this network protocol suite became the technical foundation of the internet.
What is TCP/IP
This technology uses machine learning algorithms to enable devices to learn from data and make decisions without human intervention, often used in applications like image and speech recognition.
What is Deep Learning
This advanced side-channel attack, disclosed in 2018, leverages speculative execution in CPUs to read privileged memory, including that of other processes.
what is the Spectre attack
This 1992 novel by Neal Stephenson features a virtual reality world called the Metaverse and introduces the term “avatar” in its modern sense.
What is “Snow Crash”
I’m a tool used in programming that can store information, but once assigned, it can’t be changed. What am I?
What is a constant
In the early 1800s, this French weaver invented a loom that used punch cards to automate weaving complex patterns.
Who is Joseph Marie Jacquard
Abbreviated as “GAN,” this type of AI model consists of two neural networks contesting with each other to generate new, synthetic instances of data.
What is a Generative Adversarial Network
This attack exploits vulnerabilities in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange to downgrade secure connections to weaker cryptography.
what is the Logjam attack
In “Ghost in the Shell,” this term refers to the pervasive computer networks that allow cybernetic human brains to interface directly with the internet.
What is the cyberbrain or neural cyberization
I’m a networking model that’s quite a stack, with 7 layers from physical to application, I’ve got your back. What am I?
What is the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model