Hardware
The Internet
Acronyms
DOS CMD line tools
Potpurri 2
100
the number of wires on a standard parallel ATA (commonly referred to as "IDE") cable
What is 40?
100
This is the HTTP error code given for site not found.
What is Error 404?
100
URL
What is Uniform Resource Locator?
100
This command lists currently open ports
What is Netstat?
100
This man was fired from Disney for promoting computer animation
Who is John Lassater, CEO of Pixar?
200
Maximum number of devices that can be attached to a single USB host controller
What is 127?
200
This is the second most popular website, as of March 2015, according to Alexa?
What is Facebook.com
200
SCSI
What is small computer system interface?
200
This command starts the automatic scan and repair tool that focuses on Windows system files
What is sfc?
200
This country has the highest percentage of internet users, at 75%
Who is Sweden?
300
the number of pins on a stick of DDR3.
What is 240?
300
This is 10 to the power of 100; that is, the digit 1 followed by 100 zeroes
What is googol?
300
RAID
What is redundant array of inexpensive disks or redundant array of independent disks?
300
An alternative to tracert, this “ping” command will traverse routers, and show a trace route, plus other useful information after Computing Statistics for 250 seconds
What is pathping?
300
This everyday computer peripheral was first created in 1964. The original prototype was constructed with wood, by Doug Engelbert.
What is a mouse?
400
What are you doing if you reset some computer hardware component so that it runs faster than the manufacturer-specified speed?
What is overclocking?
400
Senator that described the internet as a "series of tubes"?
Who is Ted Stevens?
400
UDP
What is User Datagram Protocol?
400
This command will list processes currently running -- similar to the Task Manager, but at a CMD prompt
What is Tasklist?
400
The longest word that can be (properly) typed using only your left hand: @ 12 characters
What is stewardesses?
500
This was created in 1979 by Seagate and its capacity was a whopping 5 MB.
What is the first Hard Disk!
500
This was created because the military needed a method of communicating and sharing all the information on computers for research and development. It would also be a handy communication system if all traditional ways were wiped out in a nuclear attack!
What is ARPANET?
500
FSMO
What is Flexible Single Master Operations?
500
The shortcut to display a list of recently used commands
What is F7?
500
The first domain name ever registered, on March 15, 1985