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Computer Trivia #3

Can you answer these general questions relating to computers?
Technically this does not count as "trivia" in the literal sense, since many of the answers to the following questions are fundamentally important to computer science.
Disclaimer: I am not a qualified computer scientist, so any mistakes in the answers are entirely my own. Please tell me in the comments if and how I've messed up.
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Last updated: April 2, 2026
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Represents a HTML or XML document as a tree structure composed of nodes (objects) and can be interacted with using JavaScript
Document Object Model
A one-line shortcut to the if-else statement
Ternary operator
Adjective used to describe fake or malicious antivirus software
Rogue
On Microsoft Windows, the generic name for a file consisting of a series of commands
to be executed by the command line interpreter
Batch
The file extension given to a disk image
.iso
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What URL stands for
Uniform Resource Locator
A crucial memory type, it stores the data of programs that the computer is running at any moment. As it is volatile, any data stored will be lost when power is switched off.
Random access memory
In cybersecurity, a system that filters inbound and outbound traffic on a computer's network
Firewall
A malicious program which can damage a computer without user action and spread to other networks
Worm
Devices composed of transistors which operate using Boolean logic
Logic gates
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