From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 3, Round 2 - Science - Computers   
   >   
   > 1. Nvidia is best-known for making what type of computer hardware?   
   >    During the pandemic, some of the GeForce line of these devices,   
   >    like the RTX 3080, ballooned in price as people used them to   
   >    mine cryptocurrency.   
      
   GPU (Graphical Processor Unit)   
      
   > 2. The Core i7 and i9 and the Pentium are lines of CPUs by   
   >    which technology company?  In 2005, when Apple's iPhone was in   
   >    development, this company declined to produce chips for it.   
      
   Intel   
      
   > 3. Apple's failed contract with  was a boon for TSMC   
   >    -- who, as their name suggests, are a semiconductor company   
   >    in which country?  In the same country, Foxconn has come under   
   >    fire for poor worker conditions in its iPhone factories.   
      
   China   
      
   > 4. In 2022, the EU announced that all devices will have to include   
   >    ports that support Type C of what "Universal" connection   
   >    standard?  No word on whether you'll still have to flip over   
   >    your cables multiple times to plug them in properly.   
      
   USB   
      
   > 5. "Tiramisu" was the codename of the 13th version of what mobile   
   >    operating system, developed primarily by Google?  This operating   
   >    system's mascot is a cute, unnamed, green robot.   
      
   Android   
      
   I have not paying attention, but it appears that they have been   
   skipping some letters. I think Android 11 was Pie. I don't know   
   about Android 12, and Q is a little difficult. But why T for Android 13?   
   I guess I need to do some research once I've posted my response.   
      
   > 6. What name is given to the component of an operating system   
   >    that interfaces between hardware and software?  This word is   
   >    also something you may not want to accidentally encounter when   
   >    you're eating popcorn.   
      
   Kernel   
      
   > 7. Though not the best-known, the HSL model, the similar HSV model,   
   >    and the subtractive CMYK model, may all be used to describe   
   >    what property of a pixel?   
      
   Colour   
      
   > 8. Please complete the previous question before decoding the   
   >    rot13: Gur ETO pbybe zbqry ercerfragf rnpu bs erq, terra, naq   
   >    oyhr, pbzzbayl jvgu n gjb-qvtvg ahzore va jung ahzrevpny flfgrz?   
   >    Hayvxr gur qrpvzny flfgrz, guvf ahzrevpny flfgrz nyfb hfrf gur   
   >    yrggref N guebhtu S.   
      
   Hexadecimal   
      
   > 9. The kibibyte ["ki-beh-byte" or "ki-bee-byte"] is a quantity used   
   >    to distinguish between a decimal definition of a kilobyte as   
   >    1,000 bytes and a binary definition where it is what slightly   
   >    larger number?  This number is 2 to the 10th power.   
      
   1024   
      
   > 10. So, by the decimal definition, a kilobyte is 1,000 bytes;   
   >    a megabyte is 1,000 kilobytes; and a gigabyte is 1,000 megabytes.   
   >    What unit, abbreviated TB, is 1,000 gigabytes?   
      
   1 000 000 000 000 bytes.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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