A name or number used to identify a storage location is called
A byte
A record
An address
All of above
Correct Answer :
C. An address
Related Questions
Which of the following is not a class based on size?
Mainframe Computer
Micro Computer
Mini Computer
Digital Computer
A modern digital computer has
Extremely high speed
Large memory
Almost unlimited array
All of the above
Floppy disks typically in diameter
3
5.25
8
All of above
The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
Microprocessor
Disk controller
Serial interface
Modem
Latency time is
Time to spin the needed data under head
Time to spin the needed data under track
Time to spin data under sector
All of above
Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?
Magnetic drum
Hard Disks
Floppy
All of above
Circular division of disks to store and retrieve data are known as
tracks
sectors
cycles
rings
Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?
Magnetic drum
Hard Disks
All of above
Floppy
The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was
IBM
Super UNIVAC
Radio Shaks
Data General Corporation
Help Menu is available at which button?
End
Start
Turnoff
Restart
When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed?
1880
1990
1944
None of above
Magnetic tape can serve as
Secondary storage media
Output media
Input media
All of the above
Which statement is valid about magnetic tape?
It is a plastic ribbon
It is coated on both sides with iron oxide
It can be erased and reused
All of above
Regarding data, computers are very good at
store
Processing
retrieve
All of above
ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
American Stable Code for International Interchange
American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Interchange Information
_______ computers are also called personal computers
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
Who invented vacuum tubes?
John Bardeen
William Shockley
Lee de Forest
All of above
A register organized to allow to move left or right operations is called a ____
Counter
Loader
Adder
Shift register
Seek time is
Time to position the head over proper track
Time to position the head over proper sector
Time to position the head over proper cylinder
None of above
Who designed the first electronics computer ? ENIAC/
Von Neumann
Joseph M Jacquard
J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly
All of above
When was Pascaline invented?
1617
1620
1642
1837
When creating a computer program, the ________ designs the structure of the program
End user
System Analyst
Programmer
All of the above
Which was the world's first minicomputer and when was it introduced?
PDP-I, 1958
IBM System/36, 1960
PDP-II, 1961
VAX 11/780, 1962
Which of the following is not input unit device?
scanner
camera
plotter
digitizer
What is a compiler?
A compiler does a conversion line by line as the program is run
A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step
A compiler is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution
None of the above
What type of computers are client computers (most of the time) in a client-server system?
Mainframe
Mini-computer
Microcomputer
PDA
What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
Light pen
Mouse
Digitizer
Terminal
Which of the following processors use RISC technology?
486dx
Power PC
486sx
6340
Fifth generation computer is also known as
Knowledge information processing system
Very large scale integration (VLSI)
Both of above
None of above
Which of the following is not anti-viruses software?
NAV
F-Prot
Oracle
McAfee