Technology quiz questions and answers

1. 1. What does the "www" in a web address stand for?

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   World Wide Web

2. 2. Which company makes the iPhone?

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   Apple

3. 3. What year was the first iPhone released?

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   2007

4. 4. What is the most used search engine in the world?

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   Google

5. 5. How many bits are in a byte?

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   8 · eight

6. 6. Which company created the Android operating system that Google bought?

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   Android · Android Inc

7. 7. What does RAM stand for in computing?

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   Random Access Memory

8. 8. Which company developed the Windows operating system?

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   Microsoft

9. 9. What is the name of Apple's voice assistant?

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   Siri

10. 10. What does USB stand for?

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    Universal Serial Bus

11. 11. Which social media platform is known for its 280-character posts?

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    Twitter · X

12. 12. What device converts digital data into a paper document?

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    Printer

13. 13. What does GPS stand for?

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    Global Positioning System

14. 14. Which file format is commonly used for compressed photographic images?

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    JPEG · JPG

15. 15. What does Wi-Fi commonly refer to as a technology for?

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    Wireless networking · Wireless network

16. 16. What is the name of the open-source web browser developed by Mozilla?

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    Firefox · Mozilla Firefox

17. 17. In computing, what does AI stand for?

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    Artificial Intelligence

18. 18. What unit is commonly used to measure a computer's storage capacity?

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    Byte

19. 19. What is the short name for a malicious computer program designed to damage or disrupt systems?

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    Virus · Computer virus

20. 20. What does the abbreviation URL stand for?

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    Uniform Resource Locator · URL

21. 21. Which programming language uses the file extension .py?

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    Python

22. 22. What is the name of Microsoft's video game console?

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    Xbox

23. 23. What does the term cloud computing usually refer to?

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    Internet-based computing · Cloud computing

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