As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
More expensive
More portable
Less rigid
Slowly accessed
Correct Answer :
A. More expensive
Related Questions
A type of channel used to connect a central processor and peripherals which uses multiplying is known as
Modem
Network
Multiplexer
All of the above
Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?
John v. Atanasoff
Clifford Berry
Both of above
None of above
What type of device is computer keyboard?
Memory
Output
Storage
Input
Todays computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name?
Tabulator Machine Co.
The Tabulator Ltd.
Computing Tabulating Recording Co.
International Computer Ltd.
Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?
Magnetic drum
Hard Disks
All of above
Floppy
Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical computer?
Because it was invented before electronic computers were developed
Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate and move to produce result
Because they use the flow of electrons in different component
None of above
The commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called
ASCII
EBCDIC
BCD
All of above
MSI is the abbreviation of
Medium Scale Integrated
Medium System Integrated
Medium Scale Intelligent
Medium System Intelligent
The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was
IBM
Super UNIVAC
Radio Sharks
Data General Corporation
Bit stands for
Binary digits
bit of system
a part of byte
All of above
The translator program used in assembly language is called
Compiler
Interpreter
Assembler
Translator
When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
1978
1984
1990
1991
COBOL is widely used in application s
Commercial
Scientific
Space
Mathematical
The qualitative or quantitative attribute of a variable or set of variables is termed as
data
information
both of above
none of above
Which is the largest computer?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
Mark I is also known as
American Sequence Controlled Calculator
Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller
American Sequence Controlled Computer
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
The computer abbreviation KB usually means
Key Block
Kernel Boot
Kilo Byte
Kit Bit
Which of the following is a secondary memory device?
Keyboard
Disk
ALU
All of the above
UNIVAC is
Universal Automatic Computer
Universal Array Computer
Unique Automatic Computer
Unvalued Automatic Computer
Which computer has been designed to be as compact as possible?
Mini
Super computer
Micro computer
Mainframe
What was the first computer brought in Nepal?
ICL/2950
ENIAC
IBM 1401
None of above
An integrated circuit is
A complicated circuit
An integrating device
Much costlier than a single transistor
Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
Assembly language started to be used from
first generation computers
second generation computers
third generation computers
fourth generation computers
A system is
an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective
input unit
input and output unit
input, output and storage units
A device designed to read information encoded into a small plastic card is
Magnetic tape
Badge reader
Tape puncher
Card puncher
In the third Generation of computers
Distributed data processing first became popular
An operating system was first developed
High level procedural language were first used
Online real time systems first become popular
Who invented EDSAC?
John v. Neumann
J.P. Eckert and John Mauchley
Maurice Wilkes
Howard Aiken
The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is
ASCII
BCD
EBCDIC
All of above
________ is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors.
Tracking
Formatting
Crashing
Allotting
1 nibble equals to
1 bits
2 bits
4 bits
8 bits