HTML? For 1 in 10 in US, it’s a disease

One in 10 Americans believe that HTML is a communicable disease, while 23% think an MP3 is a ‘Star Wars’ robot, according to a new study.

In a study of 2,392 American men and women, all of whom were 18 years of age or older, 11% said that HTML (HyperText Markup Language) – a language that is used in programming websites – is a Communicable Disease. Also 15% said “software” is a comfortable type of clothing and 12% said ‘USB’ is the acronym for a European country. Around 77% of respondents could not identify what SEO means. SEO stands for ‘Search-Engine-Optimisation’.

The study said that 27% of the respondents said “gigabyte” was a South American insect. A gigabyte is a measurement unit for the storage capacity of an electronic device. The study found that 23% of Americans thought an MP3, which is an audio file, was a “Star Wars” robot. Also, 42% said they believed a “motherboard” was “the deck of a cruise ship.”