The IEEE was founded in what year?
- 1884
- 1963
- 1957
- 1977
The IEEE was founded in what year?
Friday, August 2, 2019
What does SLI stand for?
What does SLI stand for?
- Scan Line Integration
- Scalable Link Interface
- System Level Integration
- Some Lying Idiot
EXPLANATION
SLI technically stands for Scalable Link Interface. It is the term used by graphics card company Nvidia to describe the way it connects multiple GPUs. The technology is a form of parallel processing that makes it possible for up to four Nvidia GPUs work together to render a game at extremely high frame-rates.
Who was the author of the Python programming language?
Who was the author of the Python programming language?
- Guido van Rossum
- Brendan Eich
- Bjarne Stroustrup
- James Gosling
EXPLANATION
Guido van Rossum (Dutch: [ˈɣido vɑn ˈrɔsʏm, -səm]; born 31 January 1956) is a Dutch programmer best known as the author of the Python programming language, for which he was the "Benevolent dictator for life" (BDFL) until he stepped down from the position in July 2018.
Who co-founded Microsoft?
Who co-founded Microsoft?
- Paul Allen
- Markus Persson
- Steve Jobs
- Mike Lazaridis
EXPLANATION
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, dies aged 65
Allen, diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, hailed as ‘a great technology pioneer’ and innovator of the personal computer
Who founded Blackberry?
Who founded Blackberry?
- Bill Gates
- The Fine Bros.
- Mike Lazaridis
- Steve Jobs
EXPLANATION
Research In Motion Limited was founded in March 1984 by Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. At the time, Lazaridis was an engineering student at the University of Waterloo while Fregin was an engineering student at the University of Windsor.
Who co-founded Google on September 4, 1998?
Who co-founded Google on September 4, 1998?
- Larry Page
- Steve Jobs
- Phillip Longshanks
- Alan Turing
EXPLANATION
Google was incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998, by founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
The
founders met when Brin was assigned to give Page a tour of Stanford
University, where they both became computer science grad students.
The
original name for the search engine they collaborated on was BackRub,
but they changed it to Google in 1997. The name is a play on "googol,"
which is the mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
It represented the seemingly infinite amount of information they were
trying to organize.
By December 1998, PC Magazine was recognizing Google as one of the "Top 100 Web Sites for 1998."
With
its official mission statement "to organize the world's information and
make it universally accessible and useful" and unofficial slogan,
"don't be evil” in hand from the start, Google has grown to be one of
the largest and most recognizable companies in the world.
Developed originally as a page rank search engine, it has expanded to offer services and products like Gmail, Google Glass, Google Maps and Earth, Google Talk, Patent Search, Google Docs, Chrome OS, Chromebook, and Google Home. The company now has presence in several technology spaces including: social media, laptops, tablets, autonomous vehicles, Android smartphones, robotics, and renewable energy projects.
Its long list of acquisitions includes YouTube, Motorola Mobility to beef up its patent portfolio, Waze, and Nest Labs.
What country invented the Enigma Machine at the end of WWI?
What country invented the Enigma Machine at the end of WWI?
- Germany
- Russia
- Great Britain
- Austria
