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1 .. is a (computer) "MOUSE":-
a) a little furry rodent?
b) a mis-spelt dessert?
c) a hand-held device used to input information into a
computer?
2 .. is a "VDU":-
a) a sexually transmitted disease?
b) a computer "Visual Dislay Unit"?
c) an affiliated member of the "van drivers union"?
3 .. is a "DISK DRIVE":-
a) a roman road constructed from round cobbles?
b) a circular golf shot?
c) a device that reads & writes information to a magnetic
computer disk?
4 .. is an "RS232" interface:-
a) the socket at the back of the computer where the "MODEM"
plugs in?
b) the fastest Ford Escort?
c) a DHSS claim form for Rhinoplasty on the National Health?
5 .. is "COMPUTER RAM":-
a) a hairy/curly-horned quadraped?
b) a sophisticated device used to gain entry when you loose
your door key?
c) an abreviation for "Random Access Memory"?
6 .. is a "QWERTY" keyboard:-
a) so named because these are the first 6 letters on a
standard keyboard?
b) a steam driven organ?
c) a very rare piece of plywood?
7 .. is "WYSIWYG":-
a) a small black beetle with a hard shell?
b) a false hairpiece for aleplecia of the pubis?
c) computer jargon for "What You See, Is What You Get"?
8 .. is a "HARD DISK":-
a) a storage medium for large amounts of computer data?
b) music for "head bangers"?
c) a disorder of the coccyx?
9 .. is "DOT MATRIX":-
a) a character from Eastenders?
b) how a "Pin Printer" makes letters on paper?
c) a bed of nails?
10 .. is a "WORD PROCESSOR":-
a) a kitchen utensil?
b) a person who speaks fluent Serbo-croat?
c) a computer program, which helps you create structured
documents?
11 .. is the "CPU":-
a) the "Central Processor Unit", or "engine" of the computer?
b) a warning to rural joggers that there are "cow pats
underfoot"?
c) an indication not to swim next to the sewage outflow at
Skegness?
12 .. is a "SILICON CHIP":-
a) a fragment left over from breast augmentation surgery?
b) a new variety of food, served exclusively at Harry
Ramsden's chip shop?
c) the popular name given to a collection of miniaturised
electronic components, connected to each other, to perform
a specific task?
13 .. is a "GUI":-
a) a collection of soap and hair left in the plughole after
bathing?
b) computer jargon for a "Graphical User Interface"?
c) what happens to your pillow when you fall asleep whilst
chewing bubble-gum?
14 .. is a "PULL-DOWN MENU":-
a) a high protein diet for "tug-of-war" teams?
b) the form you need to fill when ordering a "Flash-O-Gram"?
c) a vertical list of options that "PULLS-DOWN" from the
"MENU BAR" on a computer VDU screen?
15 .. are (computer) "WINDOWS":-
a) special holes drilled in the computer, through which you
can prod the silicon chips when they misbehave?
b) the very latest thing in draught proof double glazing?
c) an oblong box that appears on the VDU screen when you ask
to see the contents of a disk?
16 .. is a "MODEM":-
a) a gathering of smartly dressed youths on motor scooters?
b) a device that "MODulates and DEModulates" computer data
for transmission over telephone lines?
c) the lady who "looks after things" in a "house of ill
repute"?
17 .. are "MOUSE CLICKS":-
a) crunchy new snacks, a bit like beef flavoured crisps?
b) the sound of an arthritic rodent?
c) the act of momentarily pressing the "LEFT & RIGHT MOUSE
BUTTONS"?
18 .. is the "CURSOR":-
a) the "little arrow" which you can move about on your VDU
screen with the MOUSE?
b) a string of expletives, usually brought into play whilst
negotiating heavy traffic?
c) the reflex action of the vocal chords to a sensory
stimulus of the thumb with a lump hammer?
19 .. is the "PARALLEL PORT":-
a) Dover?
b) an alcoholic beverage, much loved by skydivers?
c) a socket on the back of the computer where the "PRINTER"
is plugged in?
20 .. is a "DATABASE":-
a) a humongous 4 stringed electric guitar?
b) a type of "COMPUTER PROGRAM", which can help you organise
things like record collections?
c) a table used in the drying-out process of fig-like fruit?
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