Monday, November 26, 2001		Compuquiz

Compuquiz — 59

1.What do we call a special-purpose computer (or software package) that handles the connection between two or more networks?

2.A chunk of information (often stored as a text file) that is used by the SSL protocol to establish a secure connection is formally known as what?

3.A computer, or a software package, that provides a specific kind of service to client software running on other computers is known as what?

4.Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) is gradually being replaced by which protocol?

5.Name the main protocol used to send electronic mail on the Internet.

6.Name the set of standards for communication with devices connected to a TCP/IP network.

7.How did the term SPAM originate?

8.Name the specialized programming language for sending queries to databases.

9.What does the acronym Sysop stand for?

10.A leased-line connection capable of carrying data at 1,544,000 bits-per-second is normally called what?

1.MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)

2.MIME

3.An arrangement where information is written to more than one hard disk simultaneously.

4.MOdulator, DEModulator

5.MUD (Multi-User Dungeon or Dimension)

6.Mosaic

7.Multi-User Simulated Environment

8.InterNET, CitIZEN

9.Mosaic

10.Network Interface Card

1)Satyendra, Nangal Katha, Narnaul

2)Himanshu Bhardwaj, New Delhi

3)Sunil Sharma, Shimla

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