Monday, April 29, 2002		Compuquiz

Compuquiz — 81

1. What do we call a computer device that is not part of the essential computer but is situated relatively close by?

2. What do we call a larger transmission line that carries data gathered from smaller lines that interconnect with it?

3. What do we call a computer circuit board or card that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected to a network?

4. On a network, what is your computer's unique hardware number?

5. What do we call an ordinary copper wire that connects home and many business computers to the telephone company?

6. What do we call a physical device that can pass packets between a legacy application type network (such as an Ethernet) and an ATM network by using data link layer and Network layer information?

7. What do we call a device that consists of three layers of a semiconductor material, each capable of carrying a current?

8. What do we technically call a device or, in some cases, software in a computer, that determines the next network point to which a packet should be forwarded toward its destination?

9. What do we call the physical arrangement in a computer that contains the computer's basic circuitry and components?

10. What do we call a device that receives a signal on an electromagnetic or optical transmission medium, amplifies the signal, and then retransmits it along the next leg of the medium?

1. a. Browser

2. Handshaking

3. Point of Presence

4. Peering

5. Optical fibre

6. Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

7. Traceroute

8. Last-mile technology

9. POP3

10. Open Systems Interconnection

1. Dron Awasthi, Jalandhar

2. Simarpreet Kaur, Ludhiana

3. Anita Bhasin, 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 May 6, 2002.

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-81 will be published in the issue of May 13, 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.