Fun CS Quiz

Posted by omarseyal on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @05:23PM
from the sporcle.com dept.

http://www.sporcle.com/games/csvocab.php

It's not really a hacker quiz - it's more academic CS terms. But it's fun.

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Re:Fun CS Quiz by Dilpil on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @10:05PM (#392360)

Somewhat frustrating, they only accept very specific terms, where synonyms are quite frequent.

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Re:Fun CS Quiz by azanar on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @02:34AM (#392612)

Some of those specific terms aren't the most commonly used for the associated concept, which can lead to confusion and frustration.

Furthermore, some of the definitions are either too restrictive, not restrictive enough, or don't seem to match the exactly term they are describing.

I'll withhold specific examples, so those who still want to take the test don't feel that I've spoiled it for them.

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Re:Fun CS Quiz by sysop073 on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @08:17PM (#393759)

I saw "a link between two nodes in a graph." and typed "edge", and it filled in one further down the column: "a link or arc between nodes in a graph." apparently they wanted "arc" for the first one?

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Re:Fun CS Quiz by epall on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @07:22PM (#392087)

Good practice for my Data Structures & Algorithms final! 79/155

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Re:Fun CS Quiz by parenthesis on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @08:28PM (#392210)

Mistake: a geometric series can have a common ratio >= 1.

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Re:Fun CS Quiz by vlad on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @01:36AM (#392572)

Thanks! Really awesome!

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Re:Fun CS Quiz by mvid on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @11:32PM (#392473)

wouldn't call it fun.. more like aggravating.

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