IT vocabulary quiz

Do you speak fluent geek? Take our iSeries vocabulary quiz and see if you can match up each term with its correct definition.

Do you speak fluent geek? Take our iSeries vocabulary quiz and see if you can match up each term with its correct...

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definition.

vocab quiz

a. back door	1. an evaluation of an item's ability to withstand extreme conditions
b. bug	2. the decreased demand for an existing product that occurs when its vendor releases a new product
c. ant	3. a product that connects a LAN to another local area network that uses the same protocol
d. vampire tap	4. a scam where the perpetrator sends out legitimate-looking e-mails appearing to come from some of the Web's biggest sites
e. torture test	5. a coding error in a computer program
f. BLOB	6. a method of encoding real numbers within the limits of finite precision available on computers
g. blowfish	7. the standard unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI)
h. bridge	8. the generally accepted official logo for the Linux operating system
i. cannibalization	9. the process or means of obtaining and storing external data -- particularly images or sounds
j. candela	10. is a large file that must be handled in a special way because of its size
k. capture	11. a means of access to a computer program that bypasses security mechanisms
l. FLOPS	12. a program or process that is dormant until a certain condition occurs and then is initiated to do its processing
m. Tux	13. an open source build tool from the Apache Software Foundation
n. phishing	14. a connection to a coaxial cable in which a hole is drilled through the outer shield of the cable
o. demon	15. an encryption algorithm that can be used as a replacement for the DES or IDEA algorithms

This was last published in August 2004