The Second Generation Computer was based on .
Vacuum Tube
Silicon Chips
Transistor
Bio Chips
Correct Answer :
C. Transistor
Related Questions
Which converts the user data into machine readable form?
Input unit, output unit, control unit
Central processing unit
Output unit
Decoder unit
Which of the following class of computers can process physical quantities such as speed?
Analog Computers
Digital Computers
Hybrid Computers
None of above
Hard disk is coated in both side with
Magnetic metallic oxide
Optical metallic oxide
Carbon layer
All of the above
Number crunchier is the informal name for
Minicomputer
Super computer
Microcomputer
Mainframe computer
Which statement is valid about computer program?
It is understood by a computer
It is understood by programmer
It is understood user
Both a & b
A program that performs a useful task while simultaneously allowing destructive acts is
Worm.
Trojan horse.
Virus.
Macro virus.
Todays computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name?
Tabulator Machine Co.
The Tabulator Ltd.
Computing Tabulating Recording Co.
International Computer Ltd.
Symbolic logic was discovered by
George Boole
Herman Hollerith
Van Neumann
Basic Pascal
Time during which a job is processed by the computer is
Delay times
Real time
Execution time
Down time
________ are high-end printers
Inkjet
Laser
Thermal
Dot matrix
Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?
BASIC, COBOL, Fortran
Prolog
C, C++
Assembly languages
Which of the following is internal memory?
Disks
Pen Drives
RAM
CDs
What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?
Operating Systems
Paralled Processing
ULSI
None of above
which of the following is problem oriented language?
High level language
Machine language
Assembly language
Low level language
Which of the following was a special purpose computer?
ABC
ENIAC
EDVAC
All of the above
Which of the following professions has not been affected by personal computers?
Medical
Clerical and law
Accounting
None of the above
IBM 1401 is
First Generation Computer
Second Generation Computer
Third Generation Computer
Fourth Generation Computer
Which of the following is not true?
Transistors are much smaller
Transistors produce low heat
Transistors were less reliable
Transistors were used in radios and other electronic devices
A memory that holds micro programs is
Core memory
ROM
RAM
Control memory
Who suggested Stored Program Concept
John Mauchley
J.P. Eckert
John Neumann
Joseph Jacquard
Which of the following is considered first computer in the world?
Z3
ABC
Mark I
None of above
When was the world's first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?
Hewlett-Packard, 1980
Epson, 1981
Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982
Tandy Model-200, 1985
A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is
Bug
Vice
Lice
Worm
Which is the largest computer?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is________
CPU
Memory
Storage
File
What is a light pen?
A Mechanical Input device
Optical input device
Electronic input device
Optical output device
Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes under?
System Software
Application Software
Utilities
None of the above
The basic operations performed by a computer are
Arithmetic operation
Logical operation
Storage and relative
All the above
The processing speed of first generation computers was
milliseconds
microseconds
nanoseconds
picoseconds
Which of the following is a class of computers based on model?
Digital Computer
Hybrid Computers
Analog Computers
AT Computers