FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for
Business Applications
Marketing Applications
Scientific Applications
None of the above
Correct Answer :
C. Scientific Applications
Related Questions
The value of each bead in earth is
1
3
5
7
When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits?
ANSI
ASCII
EBCDIC
ISO
A modem is connected to
a telephone line
a keyboard
a printer
a monitor
The Second Generation Computer was based on ________.
Vacuum Tube
Silicon Chips
Transistor
Bio Chips
Which of the following storage device can store the largest amount of data?
Hard Disks
Flash Disks
Blu-Ray Disks
DVDs
Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing?
Laser printer
Inkjet printer
Daisywheel printer
Dot matrix printer
What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?
Bus control
Interrupts
Bus arbitration
Status
A memory that holds micro programs is
Core memory
ROM
RAM
Control memory
Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?
Bits
Bytes
Hertz
Clock cycles
UNIVAC is
Unvalued Automatic Computer
Universal Array Computer
Universal Automatic Computer
Unique Automatic Computer
Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several
Personal computers
Workstations
Dumb terminals
Mainframes
Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?
It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
It provides only sequential access to stored data
Users can easily update records by writing over the old data
All of above
The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was
IBM
Super UNIVAC
Radio Shaks
Data General Corporation
Second generation computers were developed during
1949 to 1955
1956 to 1965
1965 to 1970
1970 to 1990
The brain of any computer system is
CPU
Memory
ALU
Control unit
Which language was devised by Dr. Seymour Cray?
APL
COBOL
LOGO
FORTRAN
Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and
Buffer size
Resolution
Vertical dimensions
Intelligence
What was the computer invented by Attanasoff and Clifford?
Mark I
ABC
Z3
None of above
Through which device the main components of the computer communicate with each other?
Keyboard
System Bus
Monitor
Memory
Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers
They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component
They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat
They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine
None of above
The radian of a number system
Is variable
Has nothing to do with digit position value
Equals the number of its distinct counting digits
Is always an even number
LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which generation?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Which is a non-standard version of a computing language?
PROLOG
APL
Army
PL/1
The language that the computer can understand and execute is called
Machine language
Application software
System program
All of above
Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as
system software
application software
utility programs
operating system
The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long ignored because
He made the computers secretly
His computers were very complicated and it took time for the people to recognize its power
Of political reasons. He was German.
All of the above
The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called
Semiconductor memory
Registers
Hard disks
Magnetic disk
Which of the following is not a type of Software?
System Software
Application Software
Utility Software
Entertainment Software
What produces useful information out of data?
Computer
Processing
Programming
none of above
Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record's disk address. What information does this address specify?
Track number
Sector number
Surface number
All of above