TECH HISTORY
Who is known as the “father of the computer”?
Charles Babbage
What does "IP" stand for?
Internet Protocol
What does URL stand for?
Uniform Resource Locator
VPN stands for?
Virtual Private Network
What does SMS stand for?
Short Message Service
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
What port does HTTPS typically use?
443
What company owns YouTube?
SQL stands for?
Structured Query Language
What video game console introduced motion-sensing controllers?
Nintendo Wii
What was the first web browser called?
WorldWideWeb (later Nexus)
What does DNS stand for?
Domain Name System
What is the maximum character limit on a tweet (now “X post”)?
280
SaaS stands for?
Software as a Service
Which company owns GitHub?
Microsoft
Which company created MS-DOS?
Microsoft
In binary, how many bits are in a byte?
8
What does HTTP stand for?
HyperText Transfer Protocol
ACH stands for (in banking)?
Automated Clearing House
What’s the most downloaded app worldwide (as of 2024)?
TikTok
What year did the World Wide Web become publicly available?
1991
What does RAID stand for?
Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks
Who invented the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
SCADA stands for?
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
What company created the first widely popular smartphone with apps?
Apple (iPhone)