Monday, December 24, 2001		Compuquiz

Compuquiz — 63

Indicate whether the following sentences or statements are true or false:

1. Telecommuters use commuter trains to get to work.

2. Computers affect your everyday life.

3. Although computers have continued to shrink, their performance/cost ratio has remained quite high.

4. Scientists and business people today can easily exchange ideas, data, and information via computer technology.

5. Computer-aided manufacturing uses computers to design the product, order parts, and plan production.

6. The Internet is used to connect computers in an office environment so that many users can work concurrently on a project.

7. "CPU" stands for controlled processor units.

8. Computer memory is measured in bytes.

9. The diameter of a floppy disk determines the amount of data that can be stored on it.

10. The operating system is only used to start the computer, and will turn itself off once the computer is up and running.

1.Computing power doubles every 18 months.

2.Thumbnail

3.German

4.Sending an angry reply to an e-mail or a newsgroup posting.

5.ICQ

6.Web servers

7.HTTP

8.Archive

9.Apache

10.A PAtCHy sErver

The following are the winners for Compuquiz 61

1.Mukta Sharma, Karnal

2.Usha Sharma, Shimla

3.Gulshan Loomba, New Delhi

Compuquiz rules

1.The readers who submit correct answers will be awarded the following cash prizes by The Tribune: First prize Rs 1,000, second prize Rs 750, third prize Rs 500.

2. All entries must be accompanied with a clipping of this quiz.

3. Entries should be sent to Quizmaster, Log in....Tribune, The Tribune, Sector 29-C, Chandigarh latest by December 31, 2001.

4. In case of more than one correct entry, prizes will be decided by a draw of lots. The decision of the Quizmaster in this regard will be final.

5. The answers and result of Compuquiz-63 will be published in the issue of January 7, 2002.

6. Entries should be sent on plain paper preferably typed in double space or handwritten legibly in block letters.

7. All entries must carry the sender's name, complete address and contact number.