Questions for the quiz finals for infovista '09. Shri Andal Alagar College of Engineering

1. Welcome to the Enigma

3. Round 1

4. X describes a long-term trend in the history of computing hardware. Since the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958, the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has increased exponentially, doubling approximately every two years. Identify X.

5. Moore's law. (After Gordon. E Moore)

6. Originally named “BackRub” which started off as a research project at Stanford University, X is perhaps the best of the lot today. What is X?

7. Google Search

8. While small test programs existed since the development of programmable computers, the tradition of using the phrase X as a test message was influenced by an example program in the seminal book The C Programming Language. What is the phrase X better known as?

9. “ Hello World!”

10. Which non-profit organization founded in 1985 “aims to promote the universal freedom to distribute and modify computer software without restriction”?

11. The Free Software Foundation

12. “ The idea that X has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place.” Who or what is X?

13. Douglas Adams on Bill Gates

14. "I'm the creeper, catch me if you can!". What does creeper here refer to

15. The first computer virus that propagated to a remote host

16. "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" eventually became what?

17. The Internet giant “Yahoo!”

18. Deep Thought, Deep Fritz, Deep Blue, Deep Junior are all computers to do what?

19. Chess

20. Round 2 - Visual

21. What is the name of this cute little mascot.

22. Identify

23. The “first instance” of what?

24. Droste's Effect == ?

25. Round 3 - Connect