Quiz: Do you speak geek? Do you pride yourself on being referred to as Geek? It is an honor to be put on such high pedestal. But you ain't nuttin' if you can't answer following questions. Go ahead try... and go cryin' to your mama.

1. M2M is a type of technology that supports wired or wireless communication between computers or computing devices. What does M2M stand for?
a. mobile-to-mobile
b. machine-to-machine

2. What do Lucinda, Poor Richard and Vivaldi have in common? They are all _________s.

3. What's the name of the program your computer's processor uses to get the system started when you turn it on?

4. Named for a seafood delicacy that requires careful handling (it can be deadly if not properly prepared!), this is an encryption algorithm that can be used as a replacement for DES or IDEA. What is it?

5. BMP, TIFF, GIF and JPEG. Are they vector images or raster images?

6. Which wireless transmission refers to energy whose wavelengths are longer than those of visible light, but shorter than those of radio waves?
a. microwave
b. infrared

7. This sounds like a spy from another country; in networking, it's a router serving as a mobility agent for a mobile node. What is it?

8. From the Latin word for full, we get this term for a space to house heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and communications cabling. What is it?

9. A DSS is a computer program that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily. What does DDS stand for?
a. dynamic support system
b. decision support system
c. documentation and support system

10. Yikes! This is an open source Java compiler from IBM. What is it?

1. M2M is a type of technology that supports wired or wireless communication between computers or computing devices. What does M2M stand for?
a. mobile-to-mobile
b. machine-to-machine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>not enough options...need more !!!

2. What do Lucinda, Poor Richard and Vivaldi have in common? They are all _________s.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>. assholes

3. What's the name of the program your computer's processor uses to get the system started when you turn it on?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> malai baal matlab

4. Named for a seafood delicacy that requires careful handling (it can be deadly if not properly prepared!), this is an encryption algorithm that can be used as a replacement for DES or IDEA. What is it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> i m a vegeterian

5. BMP, TIFF, GIF and JPEG. Are they vector images or raster images?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they are not vector images


6. Which wireless transmission refers to energy whose wavelengths are longer than those of visible light, but shorter than those of radio waves?
a. microwave
b. infrared
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>infrared tansmission

7. This sounds like a spy from another country; in networking, it's a router serving as a mobility agent for a mobile node. What is it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>u got me in this one

8. From the Latin word for full, we get this term for a space to house heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and communications cabling. What is it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is it "plenum"???

9. A DSS is a computer program that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily. What does DDS stand for?
a. dynamic support system
b. decision support system
c. documentation and support system
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Degital Data Storage stand for DDS

10. Yikes! This is an open source Java compiler from IBM. What is it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. nada

I M NOT A GEEK

grrrrrrrrrrrrr...

pease ;)ut

1. M2M is a type of technology that supports wired or wireless communication between computers or computing devices. What does M2M stand for?

Ans: machine-to-machine

2. What do Lucinda, Poor Richard and Vivaldi have in common? They are all __musician_______s. Lucinda Williams and vivaldi rock/ never heard of poor richard, unless you mean Little Richard.

3. What's the name of the program your computer's processor uses to get the system started when you turn it on?
BIOS

4. Named for a seafood delicacy that requires careful handling (it can be deadly if not properly prepared!), this is an encryption algorithm that can be used as a replacement for DES or IDEA. What is it?
read about the puffer fish being a japanese delicacy in 6th grade. i believe the answer is blowfish.

5. BMP, TIFF, GIF and JPEG. Are they vector images or raster images?
guess: vector.

6. Which wireless transmission refers to energy whose wavelengths are longer than those of visible light, but shorter than those of radio waves?
infrared

7. This sounds like a spy from another country; in networking, it's a router serving as a mobility agent for a mobile node. What is it?
foreign agent

8. From the Latin word for full, we get this term for a space to house heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and communications cabling. What is it?
have heard of plenum cable. i would go with no_way's answer/

9. A DSS is a computer program that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily. What does DDS stand for?
Typo: DSS.
Stands for decision support system. needed to use one recently.

10. Yikes! This is an open source Java compiler from IBM. What is it?
no idea. the only one i know of is javac from sun.

so i guess i am almost a geek. wohoo.

computer geek

(Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats
(computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfils all the
dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial,
malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality
of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders
without implied insult to all hackers; compare
black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be
either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker
in larval stage.

GEEKY = Our Living Language Our word geek is now chiefly associated with student and computer slang; one probably thinks first of a computer geek. In origin, however, it is one of the words American English borrowed from the vocabulary of the circus, which was a much more significant source of entertainment in the United States in the 19th and early 20th century than it is now. Large numbers of traveling circuses left a cultural legacy in various and sometimes unexpected ways. For example, Superman and other comic book superheroes owe much of their look to circus acrobats, who were similarly costumed in capes and tights. The circus sideshow is the source of the word geek, ?a performer who engaged in bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken.? We also owe the word ballyhoo to the circus; its ultimate origin is unknown, but in the late 1800s it referred to a flamboyant free musical performance conducted outside a circus with the goal of luring customers to buy tickets to the inside shows. Other words and expressions with circus origins include bandwagon (coined by P.T. Barnum in 1855) and Siamese twin.

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wohoo!!! thanks for the compliment. but i am actually a business/econ major. i just happen to know/guess the correct answers cos i'm generally interested in business and technology (among other things). my cs friends are a lot smarter and would consider themselves hackers/crackers. judging from you nickname, i am guessing you would prefer to be classified as an academic rather than a jock too, unless you are a pundit baje, in which case i should probably stay on your good side in case i need you to perfom some upcoming rites. i must say your borrowed classification of computer geeks is not surprising. while i have come across a few who fit the bill, i have met many computer geeks who have great personalities. also, i generally refrain from stereotyping. some famous self-professed computer geeks: bill gates, steve jobs, larry ellison. be nice to geeks, tho. someday you might end up working for them. anyhow, i am off for this holi party. have a nice weekend.