Each set of Napiers bones consisted of ______ rods.
5
9
11
13
Correct Answer :
C. 11
Related Questions
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
CD-ROM is a
Semiconductor memory
Memory register
Magnetic memory
None of above
Which part of the computer is directly involved in executing the instructions of the computer program?
The scanner
The main storage
The secondary storage
The processor
What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common resource in a computer Network?
Printers
Speakers
Floppy disk drives
Keyboards
An application suitable for sequential processing is
Processing of grades
Payroll processing
Both a and b
All of above
Which type of system puts the user into direct conversation with the computer through a keyboard?
Real time processing
Interactive computer
Batch processing
Time sharing
Which of the following machine was not invented by Charles Babbage?
Tabulating Machine
Analytical Engine
Difference Engine
Both C and D
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
A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is
Memory
Buffer
Accumulator
Address
The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
Microprocessor
Disk controller
Serial interface
Modem
A CPU contains
a card reader and a printing device
an analytical engine and a control unit
a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit
an arithmetic logic unit and a card reader
How many symbols exist in Baudot code?
32
116
58
76
________ Is the appearance of typed characters?
Size
Format
Point
Colour
The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called
Read-out
Read from
Read
All of above
Large transaction processing systems in automated organisations use
Online processing
Batch Processing
Once-a-day Processing
End-of-day processing
Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?
Disk unit
Control unit
ALU
Modem
Which of the following IC was used in third generation of computers?
SSI
MSI
LSI
Both a and b
Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?
Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN
Prolog 2, Expert Systems
Knowledge based Systems
Assembly Languages
Modern Computer are very reliable but they are not
Fast
Powerful
Infallible
Cheap
High density double sided floppy disks could store _____ of data
1.40 GB
1.44 MB
1.40 MB
1.44 GB
What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?
Operating Systems
Paralled Processing
ULSI
None of above
An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is
On-line thesaurus
Multiprogramming
Over lapped processing
Outline processor
Which was the world's first microcomputer that used Intel 80386 microprocessor chip?
IBM PS/2
HP-9830
DeskPro-386
IBM-360
The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the :
digital divide
Internet divide
Web divide
E-illiteracy
The two kinds of main memory are:
Primary and secondary
Random and sequential
ROM and RAM
All of above
What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes?
They were larger in size
They consumed a lot of electricity
They produced heat and often burned out
The operation cost was high
Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
ROM
RAM
EPROM
None of above
Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?
BASIC, COBOL, Fortran
Prolog
C, C++
Assembly languages
The central processing unit (CPU) consists of
Input, output and processing
Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage
Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage
Control unit, processing, and primary storage
Which computer has been designed to be as compact as possible?
Mini
Super computer
Micro computer
Mainframe