The operating speed of third generation computer was
Milliseconds
Microseconds
Nanoseconds
Picoseconds
Correct Answer :
C. Nanoseconds
Related Questions
One millisecond is
1 second
10th of a seconds
1000th of a seconds
10000th of a seconds
hat produces useful information out of data?
Computer
Processing
Programming
none of above
Main storage is also called
Accumulator
Control Unit
Register Unit
Memory
The symbols used in an assembly language are
Codes
Mnemonics
Assembler
All of the above
The CPU and memory are located on the:
expansion board
motherboard
storage device
output device
Which of the following require large computers memory?
Imaging
Graphics
Voice
All of Above
Which of the following is the largest unit?
data
field
record
database file
John Napier invented Logarithm in
1614
1617
1620
None of above
The advantage of COM are its and
Compact size; speed readability
Compact size, speed
Readability; speed
Low cost; readability
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
________ printer is a non-impact printer and is quite in working
Inkjet
Laser
Thermal
Dot matrix
An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is
On-line thesaurus
Multiprogramming
Over lapped processing
Outline processor
________ are used to identify a user who returns to a Website
Cookies
Plug-ins
Scripts
ASPs
Which is considered a direct entry input device?
Optical scanner
Mouse and digitizer
Light pen
All of the above
After copying the content how many times can you paste?
1
16
32
Many
Which is a non-standard version of a computing language?
PROLOG
APL
Army
PL/1
Which is a machine-oriented high-level language for the GEC 4080 series machines.
LOGO
SNOBOL
Babbage
ALGOL
An optical input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media is
OMR
Punch card reader
Optical scanners
Magnetic tape
Which is an item of storage medium in the form of circular plate?
Disk
CPU
Printer
ALU
What is meant by a dedicated computer?
Which is used by one person only
Which is assigned one and only one task
Which uses one kind of software
Which is meant for application software
Which of the following is a feature of fifth generation computers?
Use of natural language
artificial intelligence
bio-chips
All of above
Which of the following is still useful for adding numbers?
EDSAC
ENIAC
Abacus
UNIVAC
What is a light pen?
Mechanical Input device
Optical input device
Electronic input device
Optical output device
Which of the following magazines covers only the IBM PC and its compatibles?
Byte
PC Magazine
Personal Computing
Interface Age
The brain of any computer system is
Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Central Processing Unit
Storage Unit
SMPS stands for
Switched mode Power Supply
Start mode power supply
Store mode power supply
Single mode power supply
What is the main difference between a mainframe and a super computer?
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
Supercomputers are focused to execute as many programs as possible while mainframe uses its power to execute few programs as fast as possible.
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
A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of
Speed
Accuracy
Reliability
Cost
CD-ROM is a
Semiconductor memory
Memory register
Magnetic memory
None of above