in which year was UKs premier computing event called ?The which computer? started?
1980
1985
1986
1987
Correct Answer :
A. 1980
Related Questions
Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
RAM
ROM
ERAM
RW / RAM
Which of the following is a programming language?
Lotus
Pascal
MS-Excel
Netscape
Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?
It will add to the content of the location
It will change the address of the memory location
It will erase the previous content
It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location
Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as
system software
application software
utility programs
operating system
The typical computer criminal is a(n):
Young hacker.
Trusted employee with no criminal record.
Trusted employee with a long, but unknown criminal record.
Overseas young cracker.
While inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of a PC, the diskette's label side should face
East
North
South
Up
A byte consists of
One bit
Four bits
Eight bits
Sixteen bits
Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?
Sequential
ISAM
VSAM
B-Tree Index
The terminal device that functions as a cash register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is the:
Data collection terminal
OCR register terminal
Video Display terminal
POS terminal
Which of the following is not an input device?
OCR
Optical scanners
COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
Voice recognition device
Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?
ASCII
Hollerith Code
Baudot Code
EBCDIC Code
In a computer_____ is capable to store single binary bit.
Capacitor
Flip flop
Register
Inductor
A normal CD- ROM usually can store up to _________ _data?
680 KB
680 Bytes
680 MB
680 GB
Which of the following is intended to be used in all applications runs on mainframe computers.
LOGO
APL
PL/1
OCCAM
ENIAC uses
Decimal Numbering System
Octal Numbering System
Binary Numbering System
Hexadecimal Numbering System
Who invented the high level language C�?
Dennis M. Ritchie
Niklaus Writh
Seymour Papert
Donald Kunth
After copying the content how many times can you paste?
1
16
32
Many
Hackers
all have the same motive
break into other people's computers
may legally break into computers as long as they do not do any damage
are people who are allergic to computers
The original ASCII code used__bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking
5
6
7
8
The term referring to evacuating the content of some part of the machine is known as
Dump
Enhancement
Down
Compiler
Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?
Magnetic core
Semiconductor
Magnetic tape
Both semiconductor and magnetic tape
Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under?
System Software
Application Software
Utilities
None of the above
A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
Interpreter
Simulator
Compiler
Commander
Memory is made up of
Set of wires
Set of circuits
Large number of cells
All of these
Personal computers used a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?
Daughterboard
Motherboard
Father board
Child board
Current SIMMs have either or connectors (pins)
9 or 32
30 or 70
28 or 72
30 or 72
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
Seek time is
Time to position the head over proper track
Time to position the head over proper sector
Time to position the head over proper cylinder
None 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 programming language started from second generation?
LISP
C
QBASIC
FORTRAN