How well do you know computers and the internet? Test your knowledge!

1) HTML commands are also known as
tatters

tags

bits

loops

2) The opposite of online is...
upline

downline

interline

offline

3) The original meaning of the word `hacker' is
a person with a great deal of computer knowledge

a carpenter

someone with a bad cough

a vandal

4) HTML stands for
Hypertext Markup Language

Hard Training Manual Language

Hackers' Texture Mapping Loop

Historic Teaching Mode Language

5) Hotmail is provided by
Sun Microsystems

Macromedia

Microsoft

Xerox PARC

6) To minimise the chance of infecting one's machine with a Trojan virus, one should
Not accept cookies from ecommerce sites

Disable Javascript

Not open attachments from unknown sources

Delete all emails over 100K in size

7) In Microsoft Windows, what will the cursor look like when a request is currently being processed?
A hand

An hourglass

A flashing square

The letter I

8) How many bits make up a byte?
8 bits

16 bits

32 bits

1024 bits

9) The process of writing data to a recordable CD-ROM is referred to as
etching

cutting

biting

burning

10) When a computer sends information to a modem, it is converted to what sort of data?
anti-aliased

algorithmic

binary

floating

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