vacuum tubes
silicon chips
magnetic drum
RAM
C. magnetic drum
They were larger in size
They consumed a lot of electricity
They produced heat and often burned out
The operation cost was high
ROM
RAM
EPROM
None of above
Blaise Pascal
George Bool
Charles Babbage
Dr. Herman Hollerith
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
Imaging
Graphics
Voice
All of Above
Decimal Numbering System
Octal Numbering System
Binary Numbering System
Hexadecimal Numbering System
Barcode
Decoder
Encryption
Mnemonics
Magnetic core
Semiconductor
Magnetic tape
Both semiconductor and magnetic tape
Record
Schema
System flowchart
DBMS
Light pen
Mouse
Digitizer
Terminal
External memory chip
Primary memory chip
Microprocessor chip
Both b and c
Super computer is much larger than mainframe computers
Super computers are much smaller than mainframe computers
Supercomputers are focused to execute few programs as fast as possible while mainframe uses its power to execute as many programs concurrently
Supercomputers are focused to execute as many programs as possible while mainframe uses its power to execute few programs as fast as possible.
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
None of the above
1
110
11
10
A complicated circuit
An integrating device
Much costlier than a single transistor
Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
Speed
Automatic
Accuracy
Reliability
1617
1620
1642
1837
Microsoft
Compaq Corp
IBM
Tandy Svenson
George Boole
Herman Hollerith
Van Neumann
Basic Pascal
double-space
line spacing
single space
vertical spacing
1 second
10th of a seconds
1000th of a seconds
10000th of a seconds
Tabulator Machine Co.
The Tabulator Ltd.
Computing Tabulating Recording Co.
International Computer Ltd.
Microprocessor
Disk controller
Serial interface
Modem
LISP
C
QBASIC
FORTRAN
Scanner
Printer
Flat Screen
Touch Screen
Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN
Prolog 2, Expert Systems
Knowledge based Systems
Assembly Languages
arranging
manipulating
calculating
gathering
Read / Write Memory
Long Memory
Permanent Memory
Primary Memory
Disks
Pen Drives
RAM
CDs
8
4
16
2