Which is an item of storage medium in the form of circular plate?
Disk
CPU
Printer
ALU
Correct Answer :
A. Disk
Related Questions
Second generation computers were developed during
1949 to 1955
1956 to 1965
1965 to 1970
1970 to 1990
Which unit is known as nerve center of computer?
ALU
CU
Memory
Registers
A section of code to which control is transferred when a processor is interrupted is known as
M
SVC
IP
MDR
A computer programmer
Does all the thinking for a computer
Can enter input data quickly
Can operate all types of computer equipments
Can draw only flowchart
ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
American Stable Code for International Interchange
American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Interchange Information
What was the computer invented by Attanasoff and Clifford?
None of above
Mark I
Z3
ABC
Which of the following is a read only memory storage device?
Floppy Disk
CD-ROM
Hard Disk
None of these
A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is
Process control
ALU
Register Unit
Process description
The 2's compliment of a binary no. is obtained by adding________to its 1's compliment.
0
1
10
12
UNIVAC was a first generation computer. What is its full form?
Universal Automatic Computer
Universal Array Computer
Unique Automatic Computer
Unvalued Automatic Computer
What is the name of an application program that gathers user information and sends it to someone through the Internet?
A virus
Spy bot
Logic bomb
Security patch
The first computers were programmed using
assembly language
machine language
source code
object code
What is the path from which data flow in a computer system is known as
Car
Bus
Truck
Road
Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?
It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
It provides only sequential access to stored data
Users can easily update records by writing over the old data
All of above
Which is another name for functional language?
Machine
Application language
Low-level language
High-level language
Who invented EDSAC?
John v. Neumann
J.P. Eckert and John Mauchley
Maurice Wilkes
Howard Aiken
How many numbers could ENIAC store in its internal memory
100
20
80
40
The task of performing operations like arithmetic and logical operations is called
Processing
Storing
Editing
Sorting
Algorithm and Flow chart help us to
Know the memory capacity
Identify the base of a number system
Direct the output to a printer
Specify the problem completely and clearly
The first general purpose electronic digital computer in the world was
UNIVAC
EDVAC
ENIAC
All of above
Time during which a job is processed by the computer is
Delay times
Real time
Execution time
Down time
Which device is required for the Internet connection?
Joystick
Modem
CD Drive
NIC Card
A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as
Pulse code modulation
Pulse stretcher
Query processing
Queue management
The term GIGO is relate to which characteristics of computers?
Speed
Automatic
Accuracy
Reliability
Any device that performs signal conversion is
Modulator
Modem
Keyboard
Plotter
Which operation is not performed by computer
Inputting
Processing
Controlling
Understanding
Which is the largest computer?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
ABC is a
Special purpose computer
General purpose computer
All Purpose Computer
None of above
Bit stands for
Binary digits
bit of system
a part of byte
All of above
in which year was UK's premier computing event started?
1980
1985
1986
1987