A storage system for small amounts of data is
Magnetic card
Magnetic tape
Punched card
Optical mark reader
Correct Answer :
A. Magnetic card
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Machine language
Assembly language
High level language
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Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
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Motherboard
Daughterboard
Bredboard
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High level language
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Assembly language
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centralized
none of these
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Laser disks
Tape cassettes
RAM cartridge
Punched cards
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Personal computers
Workstations
Dumb terminals
Mainframes
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Tabulator Machine Co.
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ENIAC
ABC
UNIVAC
EDVAC
Most important advantage of an IC is its
Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
Extremely high reliability
Reduced cost
Low power consumption
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Special purpose computer
General purpose computer
All Purpose Computer
None of above
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Algorithmic language
Assembly language
Machine language
High level language
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Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
Static RAM (SRAM)
Video RAM (VRAM)
All of the above
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16 digits
6 digits
9 digits
All of above
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7-bit ASCII
7-bit EBCDIC
8-bit ASCII
8-bit EBCDIC
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PL/1
FORTRAN
BASIC
PASCAL
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putare
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computa
computar
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Human ware
Firmware
Hardware
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16 digits
6 digits
9 digits
All of above
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Commercial
Scientific
Space
Mathematical
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Binary
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Octal