Kids Questions & Answers

Estimating the data the Internet contains is complicated because: 1. The Internet is not a single computer or a single network, but a network of networks, whose size is constantly changing 2. Not all data stored on these networks are necessarily accessible to all users. However, there are a few estimates. According to one, the quantity is approximately equal to …

An e-mail system consists of two different servers running on a machine. One is called the SMTP server, where SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The SMTP server handles outgoing mail. The other is either a POP3 server or an IMAP server, both of which handle incoming mail. POP stands for Post Office Protocol and IMAP stands for Internet …

A desktop PC has a lithium cell or battery (the same is used in digital diaries) called a BIOS cell inside the CPU, and attached to the motherboard, which keeps track of time even after the computer is powered down, whereas in laptops, the battery of the laptop itself is used to keep track of time. This battery also saves …

Aunt is a term used to describe an uneducated or unsophisticated investor who is new and unfamiliar with investing, which makes him prone to poor investment choices. It has a derogatory connotation in the financial sector. Aunt Millie is used with reference to a low-risk investment offered to first-time, inexperienced investors.

A locapour is a person who drinks only locally produced wine or beer. It is a movement that is slowly on the rise as more and more people take to drinking locally produced drinks. The rage is now at its biggest in Canada. The word is a combination of local and pour. It is similar to locavore – a person …

A person who does not like shopping and prefers to pick up what is closest on the shelf and move on, as opposed to a discerning shopper who scans all shelves is a grab-and-goer. The word is a take-off from fast food lingo where food is grabbed on the way to work. The word is also used in the larger …

A downager is a person who acts younger than his or her age. There is a growing trend among women aged over 60 to live it up, hence the term dowager has been reinvented as downager. A study of independent, socially active Australian women found them working, studying, starting businesses and changing careers at the age of 60 and above. …

The BRICS countries, five nations grouped together because of their burgeoning economies. Made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the BRICS countries are grouped together because while they are not yet economic powerhouses, they have the potential to become the world’s most dominant economies in the next few decades. Although not as talked about as India and …

Mauretania can be listed as the world’s first luxury liner. Since the 1830s, passenger liners had been competing for the honour of making the fastest North Atlantic crossing. This honour came to be known as the Blue Riband. In 1907, Cunard introduced the much larger Lusitania and Mauretania, both powered by steam turbines. The Mauretania won the Blue Riband and …

Singapore is said to be the biggest port handling 26.9 million standard boxes, though China now claims that in 2008, Shanghai has overtaken Singapore and expected to handle 30 million TEUs (twenty-feet equivalent units, a measure used in transport). In 2002, it was claimed that Hong Kong in China was the biggest container port.