45+ Computer Trivia Questions with Answers

Do you know the difference between a CPU and a GPU? How many Megabytes are in one Gigabyte? What is the name of the man who invented email? If you don’t know these answers, then read on! This post will teach you some computer trivia questions that can be used at parties or to show off your knowledge.

computer trivia quiz questions with answers

A classic 1984 Super Bowl commercial titled “1984” introduced what product to the public?

MACINTOSH COMPUTER

A small computer introduced in 1975 by micro instrumentation telemetry systems of new mexico

Altair 8800

At the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery,whose portrait depicts him holding a computer disk?

BILL GATES

Commonly Regarded As A Bit Of A Nuisance Amongst Computer Users ‘ It Writes Once But Reads Many Times ” What Is It?

A Worm (Mass Mailing)

Computers – mhz stands for________

Megahertz

Computers – mhz stands for________

Megahertz

Cool, Nice and Oz are all types of what?

ComputerLanguages

Excluding honorary awards,which of these computer whizzes actually earned a college degree?

STEVE WOZNIAK

He was the worlds most prolific inventor in the 1970’s and 1980’s with inventions such as Calculators, Digital Watch, Home Computer and Pocket Televisions?

Sir Clive Sinclair

In 1951,what U.S. agency first used a UNIVAC,the first commercial computer,to process information?

CENSUS BUREAU *CORRECT*

In 1962 – cost 20,000 – size of a small suitcase – what

Portable computer

In 1995 the average US public school had 75 what

Computers installed

In medical matters, what does the letter C stand for in C.A.T. scanner

Computerised

In the cartoon Jem and the Holograms,what was the name of Jems computer.

Cinergy

In what city 1985 was the worlds first computer museum opened

Boston

In What Year Did Russian Computer Programmer “Alexi Pachitnov” Design & Program The Video Game Tetris

1985

Name the computer developed fromTuring’s bombes at Bletchley Park to decode the German Enigma codes during World War 2.

Colossus

Name the first self contained home computer –

A Commodore Pet

On A Standard Computer Keyboard Which Key Is The Largest

The Space Bar

Sir Charles Babbage Was The Creator Of Which Modern Day Device?

The Computer

Time during which a machine esp. computer is out of action or unavailable for use

Down time

USA favourite computer passwords are love and sex what UK

Fred

What 2 Word Term Is Given To A Simulated 3D Environment Used in Computer Graphics

Virtual Reality

What computerLanguage was named after ada lovelace

Ada

What does Do Loop do for a living

Computer programmer

What does the computer acronym IKBS stand for

Intelligent knowledge based system

What firm markets the B25 microcomputer

Burroughs

What Is The Largest Key On A Standard Computer Keyboard

The Space Bar

What is the significance of the moth found in the Harvard Mark I computer

First computer “bug”

What was Keanu Reeves’ computer world alias in ‘The Matrix’?

Neo

What’s a computer screen’s display made up of

Pixels

What’s most commonly used password on computer systems

Password

Which brothers built a home-made supercomputer to calculate the digits of Pi ?

Chudnovsky

Which computer firm made a model called Amiga

Commodore

Which computer firm made a model numbered ZX80

Sinclair

Which group of professionals use computer dating the most

Teachers

Which group released the album “O.K. Computer” in 1997

Radiohead

Which of these insects shorted out an early supercomputer,giving rise to the term “computer bug”?

MOTH

Which phrase means computer simulation that seems life like

Virtual reality

Who designed the difference engine finally built in 1991

Charles Babbage’s computer 1796

Who Make Macintosh Computers

Apple

Who Owns The Cray Super Computer?

The Met Office

Who wrote the book “Computer Power & Human Reason”

Joseph weizenbaum

Who wrote the Robocomm computer program

Dan parsons

Who wrote the Robocomm computer program

Dan parsons

With the development of which computerLanguage was grace hopper associated

Cobol

A classic 1984 Super Bowl commercial titled “1984” introduced what product to the public?

A small computer introduced in 1975 by micro instrumentation telemetry systems of new mexico

At the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery,whose portrait depicts him holding a computer disk?

Commonly Regarded As A Bit Of A Nuisance Amongst Computer Users ‘ It Writes Once But Reads Many Times ” What Is It?

Computers – mhz stands for________

Computers – mhz stands for________

Cool, Nice and Oz are all types of what?

Excluding honorary awards,which of these computer whizzes actually earned a college degree?

He was the worlds most prolific inventor in the 1970’s and 1980’s with inventions such as Calculators, Digital Watch, Home Computer and Pocket Televisions?

In 1951,what U.S. agency first used a UNIVAC,the first commercial computer,to process information?

In 1962 – cost 20,000 – size of a small suitcase – what

In 1995 the average US public school had 75 what

In medical matters, what does the letter C stand for in C.A.T. scanner

In the cartoon Jem and the Holograms,what was the name of Jems computer.

In what city 1985 was the worlds first computer museum opened

In What Year Did Russian Computer Programmer “Alexi Pachitnov” Design & Program The Video Game Tetris

Name the computer developed fromTuring’s bombes at Bletchley Park to decode the German Enigma codes during World War 2.

Name the first self contained home computer –

On A Standard Computer Keyboard Which Key Is The Largest

Sir Charles Babbage Was The Creator Of Which Modern Day Device?

Time during which a machine esp. computer is out of action or unavailable for use

USA favourite computer passwords are love and sex what UK

What 2 Word Term Is Given To A Simulated 3D Environment Used in Computer Graphics

What computerLanguage was named after ada lovelace

What does Do Loop do for a living

What does the computer acronym IKBS stand for

What firm markets the B25 microcomputer

What Is The Largest Key On A Standard Computer Keyboard

What is the significance of the moth found in the Harvard Mark I computer

What was Keanu Reeves’ computer world alias in ‘The Matrix’?

What’s a computer screen’s display made up of

What’s most commonly used password on computer systems

Which brothers built a home-made supercomputer to calculate the digits of Pi ?

Which computer firm made a model called Amiga

Which computer firm made a model numbered ZX80

Which group of professionals use computer dating the most

Which group released the album “O.K. Computer” in 1997

Which of these insects shorted out an early supercomputer,giving rise to the term “computer bug”?

Which phrase means computer simulation that seems life like

Who designed the difference engine finally built in 1991

Who Make Macintosh Computers

Who Owns The Cray Super Computer?

Who wrote the book “Computer Power & Human Reason”

Who wrote the Robocomm computer program

Who wrote the Robocomm computer program

With the development of which computerLanguage was grace hopper associated

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