The New York Post featured in article in Oct. 8, 2013, entitled "US adults are dumber than the average human"; the article documents findings that list Japan, Canada, Australia, Finland and multiple other countries as scoring significantly higher than Americans on a standardized tests, which engage the topics of reading, math and problem-solving. The U.S. average math score was below 18 other countries; the problem solving score for the U.S. was below 14 other countries, and the literary score for the U.S. was below 12 other nations.

American intelligence is being questioned, yet again, due greatly to a study that was recently conducted by Vouchercloud.net, a coupons website, which revealed that 11 percent of participants thought that HTML -- the markup language for web page creation -- was a sexually transmitted disease.

More than that, other intriguing findings unearthed by the survey include: 77 percent of respondents didn't know that SEO stood for  "Search-Engine Optimization"; 27 percent identified "gigabyte" as an insect commonly found in South America, while it is actually a measurement unit for the storage capacity of digital information; 42 percent believed that a "motherboard" was the deck of a cruise ship, rather than a circuit board that holds key components of a computer;  23 percent thought that an "MP3" was a Star Wars robot -- rather, the name of the Star Wars robots are R2-D2 and C-3P0, and an MP3 is an audio file; 18 percent identified "Blu-ray" as a marine animal, instead of a disc format that's normally used for high-definition videos; and, 15 percent said they believed "software" is comfortable clothing... rather than a general term for computer programs. Twelve percent responded that a "USB" is the acronym for a European country.

The study results are somewhat laughable considering that most internet user believe that they are fairly internet-savvy. Sixty-one percent of respondents stated a belief that it's important to have a good knowledge of technology now-a-days.

"Technology is a huge interest for our user base, and month after month we see thousands of people visiting our site to look for coupons and deals to use when purchasing their favorite tech products," a company spokeswoman for Vouchercloud.net, said in a statement. "It seems that quite a few of us need to brush up on our tech definitions."

2,392 men and women, 18 years of age or older were surveyed, and participants were not informed that the study would specifically gauge their knowledge of tech terms. Participants were presented with tech and non-tech terms, and asked to choose from three possible choices.