Computer Science trivia
Name a famous computer bug or named security vulnerability
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a famous computer bug or named security vulnerability”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 95 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Y2K bug
- Heartbleed
- Spectre
- Meltdown
- Log4Shell
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Shellshock
- EternalBlue
- Pentium FDIV bug
- Year 2038 problem
- BlueKeep
- Ping of Death
- POODLE
- Dirty COW
- KRACK
- Rowhammer
- Stagefright
- Therac-25
- Ariane 5 flight 501
- Mars Climate Orbiter
How deep does “Name a famous computer bug or named security vulnerability” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsY2K bug · Heartbleed · Spectre
- Below the Surface14 answers · 25 ptsShellshock · EternalBlue · Pentium FDIV bug …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss40 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with B, C, D, F, G, I, L, P, R, S, T, V and Z. The Abyss has 40 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 95 answers in total, 32 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “KNOB”. Longest: “Northeast blackout of 2003 alarm bug”.
- S, P and B are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 23 answers can be typed more than one way: “49.7 day bug” counts as Windows 95 49.7 day bug.
How to go deeper
- Start with S: 10 of the answers begin with it.
- Y2K bug, Heartbleed and Spectre are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Go down the stack: from apps to protocols to the hardware underneath.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a famous computer bug or named security vulnerability”?
- The usual first answers are Y2K bug, Heartbleed, Spectre, Meltdown and Log4Shell. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a famous computer bug or named security vulnerability”?
- 95 in all: 5 on The Tip, 14 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 40 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a famous computer bug or named security vulnerability” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “KNOB” and the longest is “Northeast blackout of 2003 alarm bug”.
- How hard is “Name a famous computer bug or named security vulnerability”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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