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Questions

1. Who is the new CEO of America Online, the US' biggest ISP?

2. Name the indigenous software that is aiding universities to help in evaluating candidates and their performances in a very economical manner.

3. In gaming lingo, who or what is an avatar?

4. Name the pioneering computer built by Remington Rand in 1951.

5. The LZW algorithm is used for which graphical format?

6. Who set up the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1994?

7. What is special about the OS Xenix?

8. Of the four basic types of virus, two are File (or program) and multipartite. What are the other two?

9. What are `impact printers'?

10. The industry standard that defines the format of CD-ROMs is called..?

Answers

1. Jon Miller

2. Takshila

3. It is a graphical icon that represents a real person in a cyberspace system.

4. UNIVAC I

5. GIF

6. Al Vezza and Tim Berners-Lee

7. It's a Microsoft-developed UNIX for PCs.

8. Boot and Macro.

9. Printers that work by banging a head or needle against an ink ribbon to make a mark on paper.

10. Yellow Book

V.V. Ramanan

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