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What is the binary equivalent of the decimal number 5?

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101

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How many keys does a standard computer keyboard have?

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104

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In which year was Facebook launched? ⭐️

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2004

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In which year was the first iPhone released? ⭐️

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2007

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What was the first widely used search engine on the internet? ⭐️

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Archie

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Who founded Microsoft in 1975?

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Bill Gates and Paul Allen

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Who is known as the father of the computer?

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Charles Babbage

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What is the name of the small graphic images used in text messages?

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Emoji

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Which company developed the Android operating system?

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Google

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What does GIF stand for? ⭐️

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Graphics Interchange Format

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What does “HTTPS” stand for? ⭐️

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HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure

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What is the most common programming language used for web development?

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JavaScript

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What is the term for malicious software designed to damage or disrupt?

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Malware

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What was the first video ever uploaded to YouTube called?

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Me at the zoo

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Which company created the video game console “Xbox”?

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Microsoft

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What is the fear of being without your mobile phone called? ⭐️

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Nomophobia

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What does PIN stand for?

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Personal Identification Number

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What does PDF stand for? ⭐️

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Portable Document Format

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What is the name of Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service?

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Starlink

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What does URL stand for? ⭐️

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Uniform Resource Locator

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What does USB stand for? ⭐️

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Universal Serial Bus

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What does VPN stand for? ⭐️

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Virtual Private Network

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What does WWW stand for? ⭐️

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World Wide Web

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Which social media platform is known for tweets?

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X

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What was the first company to reach a $1 trillion market value? ⭐
Apple
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What was the first digital camera brand? ⭐
Kodak
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Which company created Minecraft? ⭐
Mojang
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Who invented the telephone? ⭐️
Alexander Graham Bell
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What was the first video game to be played in space?
Tetris
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Who invented the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
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What is the name of the virtual assistant developed by Amazon?
Alexa
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Which company created the video game console PlayStation?
Sony
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What is the main programming language used to develop iOS applications?
Swift
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What is the name of the first successful web browser?
Mosaic
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What year was Google founded?
1998
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What year was the first version of Microsoft Windows released?
1985
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What does SMS stand for? ⭐️

Short Message Service
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What company created the first microprocessor in 1971? ⭐️

Intel
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What app was known for 6-7 second videos and shut down in 2016? ⭐️
Vine
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What is the acronym for BIOS? ⭐️

Basic Input Output System
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What Apple product was discontinued in 2022? ⭐️
iPod Touch
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What fitness gadget did Google release in 2021? ⭐️
Fitbit Charge 5
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What type of battery is used in most smartphones? ⭐️
Lithium-ion
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Which tech company’s name means “three stars” in Korean? ⭐️ Samsung
Samsung
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What audiobook app is owned by Amazon? ⭐️
Audible
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Which company developed Candy Crush? ⭐️
King
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What was the first graphical web browser released in 1993? ⭐️
Mosaic
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How much did Facebook pay to acquire Instagram? ⭐️
$1 billion
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What app is known as the “front page of the internet”? ⭐️
Reddit
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Which company coined the slogan “Don’t be evil”? ⭐️
Google
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What does Moore’s Law describe in terms of computer processing? ⭐️
The number of transistors on a microchip doubles approximately every two years
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What meditation and sleep app features narrators like Matthew McConaughey? ⭐️
Calm
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Which company created the first microprocessor in 1971? ⭐️
Intel
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What does VTOL stand for in aviation? ⭐️ Vertical Take-Off and Landing
Vertical Take-Off and Landing
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What supersonic commercial jet was retired in 2003? ⭐️
Concorde
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What social media platform was originally called Picaboo? ⭐️
Snapchat
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What is data that describes other data called? ⭐️
Metadata
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What type of radiation is used to sterilise medical instruments? ⭐️
Gamma radiation
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What does OLED stand for? ⭐️
Organic Light-Emitting Diode
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What does MRI stand for? ⭐️
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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What does SQL stand for? ⭐️
Structured Query Language
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What does HTML stand for? ⭐️
HyperText Markup Language
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What does NASDAQ stand for? ⭐️
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
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What does OPEC stand for? ⭐️
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
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What does NASCAR stand for? ⭐️
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
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What does IoT mean in technology? ⭐️
Internet of Things
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What does CAPTCHA stand for? ⭐️
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apar
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What does SWIFT stand for? ⭐️
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
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What does IMDb stand for? ⭐️
Internet Movie Database
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What does DHL stand for? ⭐️
Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn
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What does ZIP stand for? ⭐️
Zone Improvement Plan
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