Know Your Computer
Although the keyboard shortcut for copying information is Ctrl + C, the shortcut for pasting information is not Ctrl + P (that's a shortcut for printing). Instead, the shortcut letter for pasting is closer to the shortcuts for copying and cutting. What letter is used to to paste information when clicked synchronously with Ctrl?
What is V
Founded in 1985, what computer company is perhaps best known for its machines being shipped in boxes designed with Holstein cow markings?
It sounds like a circus performer from Taos and allows you to download PDFs with the greatest of ease. I'm talking about what A-word family of software?
What is Adobe Acrobat
What popular operating system, launched in 1991, also has its own mascot, Tux the penguin?
What is Linux
Quoting “you have died of dysentery" didn’t come from “Grey’s Anatomy” or “House, M.D.”—it’s a throwback to which computer lab pioneering game from your ‘90s childhood?
What is the Oregon Trail
While some typists would argue that the Dvorak model is more efficient, the majority of computer keyboards still use what layout, named for a certain six-letter sequence that's probably right in front of you?
What is qweryty
The “Big Four” in the tech industry are Google (Alphabet), Apple, Meta (Facebook), and Amazon. Which corporation known for computers, software, and Bill Gates, is sometimes added to form the “Big Five” (or GAMAF)?
What is Microsoft
In the early ‘90s, Symantec acquired a software program developed by a computer programmer named Peter Norton. It’s since become one of the most commonly used and well-known of which kind of computer security software?
What is Antivirus
Andy Rubin is known as one of the three founders of what massively popular cell phone operating system?
What is Android
Cortana is a fictional AI in what "holy" video game franchise that shares its name with a Beyonce´ song?
What is Halo
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
Voice actor Elwood Edwards recorded the famous “You’ve got mail!” announcement (as well as “Welcome,” File’s done,” and others) on a tape deck in his home. You’d know his voice if you had which Internet service provider in the 1990s?
What is AOL
Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi were MIT students that founded a file hosting service in 2007. Fast forward 11 years, and they were taking this company public with an Initial Public Offering. What is the name of this "D" company?
In the acronym BIOS, which refers to the firmware that provides runtime services for operating systems and programs, the "B" stands for "Basic" and the "S" for "System." What two words do the "I" and "O" stand for?
What is Input and Output
Released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment and set in the fictional universe of Azeroth, what is the name of the computer game that became the world's most popular "MMORPG" (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) within a few years and continues to be referenced in popular culture with its three-letter abbreviation?
What is World of Warcraft
Which acronym for a computer’s main memory system sounds like a Daft Punk album or a horned mountain animal?
What is RAM
What website was co-founded by computer scientist Larry Page in 1998 under the name BackRub?
What is Google
Sharing a name with an art form which flourished in ancient Rome, Greece, and the Middle East, what was the first freely available Web browser to display both graphics and text? NCSA, its developers, discontinued it in 1997 due to declining usage.
What is Mosaic
MacOS X 10.4.11 is better known to the average user by what animalistic operating system nickname that shares its name with an apex predator that’s scientifically known as “panthera tigris?”
What is Tiger
When the kids online say "LoL," they're either laughing or referencing what online battle arena game that's been sponsored by Mastercard since 2018?
What is League of Legends
Doug Engelbart was the inventor of what computer accessory? The first one was made from wood.
What is the mouse
Since 2013, what technology company focused on payments has owned the popular smartphone cash transfer app Venmo?
What is Paypal
Which F-term refers to software that’s built into hardware, like a BIOS?
What is Firmware
Microsoft Disk was one of the original widely used operating systems all the way from the 1980s, but it has been fully unsupported since 2006. What hyphenated nickname is this classic system more commonly known by?
What is MS-DOS
The website Ranker named GLaDOS, a fictional artificially intelligent computer system, the greatest video game villain of all time. GLaDOS was introduced in what groundbreaking computer game?
What is Portal