Meghnad Saha Memorial Science and Astronomy Quiz: Main Round
Meghnad Saha Memorial Science and Astronomy Quiz: Main Round
Meghnad Saha Memorial Science and Astronomy Quiz: Main Round
What computer
terminology has
its birth in this
incident?
Debugging
2.
In computing the terms X and Y are used to describe the
used to describe the order of individually addressable
sub-units (words or bytes) within a longer data word
stored in external memory.
The terms X and Y were introduced in 1980 by Danny
Cohen in his paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace".
Cohen's paper refers to Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan
Swift (1726), wherein two religious sects of Lilliputians
from the neighbouring countries of Lilliput and Blefuscu
have bifurcated themselves as X and Y.
Identify X and Y.
Big – Endian and Little - Endian
3. When X showed Y this
magazine cover, Y arranged for
a meeting with the Altair
manufacturers claiming to
have a working interpreter. X
worked on a simulator for the
Altair while Y developed the
interpreter. Which company
was formed as a result of this
meeting and who are X and Y?
X: Paul Allen
Y: Bill Gates
4. The Wardenclyffe
Tower was intended for
commercial trans-
Atlantic wireless
telephony, broadcasting,
and to demonstrate the
transmission of power
without interconnecting
wires.