Computer Science trivia
Name a text editor or code editor
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 30 answers to “Name a text editor or code editor”, and only 3 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Notepad
- Visual Studio Code
- Vim
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Emacs
- Sublime Text
- Notepad++
- Atom
- Nano
- TextEdit
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 3 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 6 | 25 |
| The Deep | 7 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 13 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 7 answers starting with B, G, K, N and T. The Abyss has 13 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 30 answers in total, 2 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ed”. Longest: “Visual Studio Code”.
- N, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “VS Code” counts as Visual Studio Code.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with N than with any other letter (4). Run through it first.
- Skip Notepad, Visual Studio Code and Vim; everybody says them.
- Older and academic tools are rare answers.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a text editor or code editor”?
- Most people start with Notepad, Visual Studio Code and Vim. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a text editor or code editor”?
- 30 in all: 3 on The Tip, 6 Below the Surface, 7 in The Deep, 13 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a text editor or code editor”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ed” and the longest is “Visual Studio Code”.
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