Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under?
System Software
Application Software
Utilities
None of the above
Correct Answer :
A. System Software
Related Questions
A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its
Accuracy
Reliability
Speed
All of above
What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?
Operating Systems
Parallel Processing
ULSI
None of above
An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is
CPU
Memory
Mass storage
Secondary storage
________ Store data or information temporarily and pass it on as directed by the control unit
Address
Register
Number
Memory
The brain of any computer system is
ALU
Memory
CPU
Control unit
On a PC, how much memory is available to application software?
1024 KB
760 KB
640 KB
560 KB
Who is the chief of Microsoft
Babbage
Bill Gates
Bill Clinton
none of these
What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
Light pen
Mouse
Digitizer
Terminal
Which of the following require large computers memory?
Imaging
Graphics
Voice
All of Above
A kind of scanner MICR is the short form of
Magnetic Ink Character Reader
Magnetic Ink Code Reader
Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
None
________ Is the functional key to display Save-As box.
F5
F6
F9
F12
What do you call the programs that are used to find out possible faults and their causes?
operating system extensions
cookies
diagnostic software
boot diskettes
When a computer is switched on, the booting process performs
Integrity Test
Power-On Self-Test
Correct Functioning Test
Reliability Test
The Stepped Reckoner was invented by
John Napier
William Oughtred
Gottfried Leibnitz
Blaise Pascal
In a punched card system, data is processed by a
Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine
Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine
Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter
Main storage is also called
Accumulator
Control Unit
Register Unit
Memory
________ are high-end printers
Inkjet
Laser
Thermal
Dot matrix
Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
The most 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
What do you call the translator which takes assembly language program as input & produce machine language code as output?
Compiler
Interpreter
Debugger
Assembler
Word length of a Personal Computer is
4 bits
8 bits
16 bits
64 bits
Which of the following have the fastest access time?
Semiconductor Memories
Magnetic Disks
Magnetic Tapes
Compact Disks
Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
Cache memory
Magnetic bubble memory
Magnetic core memory
RAM
A byte consists of
One bit
Four bits
Eight bits
Sixteen bits
CD-ROM is a
Semiconductor memory
Memory register
Magnetic memory
None of above
Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?
Bits
Bytes
Hertz
Clock cycles
WAN stands for
Wap Area Network
Wide Area Network
Wide Array Net
Wireless Area Network
Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?
Binary
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Octal
Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
OCR
OMR
MICR
All of above
The section of the CPU that selects, interprets and sees to the execution of program instructions
Memory
Register unit
Control unit
ALU