1. M2M is a type of technology that supports wired or wireless communication between computers or computing devices. What does M2M stand for? Ans: machine-to-machine 2. What do Lucinda, Poor Richard and Vivaldi have in common? They are all __musician_______s. Lucinda Williams and vivaldi rock/ never heard of poor richard, unless you mean Little Richard. 3. What's the name of the program your computer's processor uses to get the system started when you turn it on? BIOS 4. Named for a seafood delicacy that requires careful handling (it can be deadly if not properly prepared!), this is an encryption algorithm that can be used as a replacement for DES or IDEA. What is it? read about the puffer fish being a japanese delicacy in 6th grade. i believe the answer is blowfish. 5. BMP, TIFF, GIF and JPEG. Are they vector images or raster images? guess: vector. 6. Which wireless transmission refers to energy whose wavelengths are longer than those of visible light, but shorter than those of radio waves? infrared 7. This sounds like a spy from another country; in networking, it's a router serving as a mobility agent for a mobile node. What is it? foreign agent 8. From the Latin word for full, we get this term for a space to house heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and communications cabling. What is it? have heard of plenum cable. i would go with no_way's answer/ 9. A DSS is a computer program that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily. What does DDS stand for? Typo: DSS. Stands for decision support system. needed to use one recently. 10. Yikes! This is an open source Java compiler from IBM. What is it? no idea. the only one i know of is javac from sun. so i guess i am almost a geek. wohoo.