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
Correct Answer :
C. Equals the number of its distinct counting digits
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The first general purpose electronic computer in the world was
UNIVAC
EDVAC
ENIAC
All of above
The CPU and memory are located on the:
expansion board
motherboard
storage device
output device
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
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Cobol
BASIC
C
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American Stable Code for International Interchange
American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Interchange Information
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Encoder
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Emulator
Coding
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input unit, output unit, control unit
input unit, output unit, control unit and storage
input unit, output unit, central processing unit and storage unit
input, output and storage units
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9
16
18
27
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Steel
optical
magnetic
flash
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Time-related bomb sequence.
Virus.
Time bom
Trojan horse.
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16 digits
6 digits
9 digits
All of above
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
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Supercomputers are focused to execute as many programs as possible while mainframe uses its power to execute few programs as fast as possible.
What is a compiler?
A compiler does a conversion line by line as the program is run
A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step
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Punched paper tape
Magnetic bubble storage
Magnetic tape
Magnetic disk
Number crunchier is the informal name for
Minicomputer
Super computer
Microcomputer
Mainframe computer
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First
Second
Third
Fourth
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Control bus
Control unit
Parity unit
Semiconductor
Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is
Stationary
Difficult to move
Dragged
Moved in small steps
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486dx
Power PC
486sx
6340
The BIOS is the abbreviation of .
Basic Input Output System
Best Input Output System
Basic Input Output Symbol
Base Input Output System
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7-bit ASCII
7-bit EBCDIC
8-bit ASCII
8-bit EBCDIC
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
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Optical scanner
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Hard disks
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Codes
Mnemonics
Assembler
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ALU
CU
Memory
None of above
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Tape
Hard Disk
Floppy Disk
All of the above
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Allocates resources
Monitors Activities
Manages disks and files
All of the above
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Hardware
Software
Firmware
ROM ware
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