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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The name of the sorting algorithm that sorts a list by splitting it into two smaller lists and recursively sorting both of them.	mergesort	55%
A graph with no cycles is called?	tree	55%
Greek letter used as a name for anonymous functions.	Lambda	54%
As opposed to sequential execution, a program running with multiple threads executes in	parallel	52%
The name of one of the c functions to dynamically allocate memory	malloc or calloc	49%
How many bridges are the in Konigsberg?	7	46%
Java keyword to describe a variable whose value, once set, cannot be changed.	final	46%
What is the name for \| in the Unix shell?	pipe	46%
The core of an operating system, providing access to the hardware elements of a computer via system calls.	kernel	45%
Creating two functions with the same name, but with different parameters is called?	overloading	45%
Pseudo-random number generators require a number with which to start generating sequences of pseudo-random numbers. What is the name for this?	the seed	45%
A structure that stores data so as to serve future requests faster.	Cache	44%
The idea in object-oriented programming that different kinds of object types can been seen as the same through a common interface.	Polymorphism	44%
Name of the function implements as :: in ML, : in Haskell.	cons	42%
In 3D computer graphics, affine transformations are described with a n by n matrix. What is n?	4	39%
In the C++ standard library, the list type is an implementation of what kind of list?	linked list	37%
The data structure which is a tree that ensures parents are always greater than children is called?	heap	33%
The Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula computes pi in what base?	16	24%
The designer of the first Difference Engine.	Charles Babbage	21%
A common search algorithm that uses a heuristic function.	A star	20%
What does UDP stand for?	User Datagram Protocol	20%
The name for what the & operator accomplishes in C/C++.	de-referencing	13%
The object used to communicate between different processes on different hosts.	socket	12%
Along with union and concatenation, the third operation used to describe regular languages.	Kleene Star	10%
A structure used in functional programming, and more specifically, in Haskell, which describes a sequential chain of operations.	Monad	10%
Attempting to model a continuous function or set of values using a discrete set of values is known as?	interpolation	6%
The class of languages decided by Turing machines.	Computable Languages	5%
A probabilistic test used to test primality of numbers.	Miller-Rabin test.	3%

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