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==This is a list of Computer questions for Bogustrivia & Tatarize==


#Computers: The generic term for the mechanical, electrical and electronic components of a computer are called what?*Hardware
#Computers: The generic term for the mechanical, electrical and electronic components of a computer are called what?*Hardware
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#Computers: What was the name of the computer language named after a French philosopher and mathematician?*PASCAL
#Computers: What was the name of the computer language named after a French philosopher and mathematician?*PASCAL
#Computers: What was the name of the computer company that was named after the founder's memories of a summer in an Orchard in Oregon?*Apple
#Computers: What was the name of the computer company that was named after the founder's memories of a summer in an Orchard in Oregon?*Apple
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  1. Computers: The generic term for the mechanical, electrical and electronic components of a computer are called what?*Hardware
  2. Computers: Which computer language is an acronym of the name of the world's first computer programmer?*ADA
  3. Computers: What letter is between Q and E on a computer keyboard?*W
  4. Computers: In computer lingo what is a MUD?*Multi User Computer Game
  5. Computers: What kind of fruit was used to name a computer in 1984?*Apple
  6. Computers: In what field of study are the terms CPU, PC, and VDU used?*Computer Science
  7. Computers: From what source did William Henry Gates III amass his fortune?*Computer software
  8. Computers: Charlie the pet dog was replace by what in the remake of the Absent-minded Professor called "Flubber" in 1997?*Weebo, the computer
  9. Computers: What did Charles Babbage invent when he designed his analytical engine in 1833?*Computer
  10. Computers: Movie maker George Lucas Filed a law suit against President Ronald Reagan to get him to stop referring to an outer space computer controlled defense system as what?*Star Wars
  11. Computers: What time doe the computer virus W32.MARIJUANA interrupt you to suggest taking a break?*4:20 p.m.
  12. Computers: Hal, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, got its name how?*The letters before I B and M
  13. Computers: Pixar created a 1995 blockbuster hit move using computer animation. What was the title of the movie?*Toy Story
  14. Computers: Which computer company dropped the Play Station line and created an Aptiva brand computer for home users?*IBM corporation
  15. Computers: Red Hat and Yellow Dog are computer outfits that distributed an alternative computer operating system. What was the name of the system?*Linux
  16. Computers: The Electronic Frontier Foundation named its $250,000 computer designed to crack the U.S. government's outdated DES cryptographic code what?*Deep Crack
  17. Computers: What common element is used in the manufacture of computer chips?*Silicon
  18. Computers: On the birthday of a famous painter, every March 6th, what computer virus strikes?*Michelangelo
  19. Computers: The Dancing Baby computer generated 3D image danced it's way onto what TV show in 1998?*Ally McBeal
  20. Computers: What U.S. Democratic senator had the first internet home page?*Ted Kennedy
  21. Computers: Originally, ENIAC, the world's first "modern" computer was constructed to do what?*To compute ballistic trajectories for artillery shells
  22. Computers: The Los Angeles Police Department developed a computer program to help solve homicides. What was it called?*HITMAN
  23. Computers: The first computer used for weather research was named what?*MANIAC
  24. Computers: The displays commonly found in notebook and laptop computers are called what?*Liquid Crystal Display
  25. Computers: After breaking into physicist Tsutomu Shimomura's computer on Christmas in 1994, what legendary hacker was taken down?*Kevin Mitnick
  26. Computers: What personal computer became a video production system with the addition of New Tek's Video Toaster?*Amiga
  27. Computers: Digital Equipment Corporation sued what computer chip manufacturer claiming it stole the technology to develop the Pentium Pro?*Intel Corporation
  28. Computers: What was the name of the computer language named after a French philosopher and mathematician?*PASCAL
  29. Computers: What was the name of the computer company that was named after the founder's memories of a summer in an Orchard in Oregon?*Apple