Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?
ASCII
Hollerith Code
Baudot Code
EBCDIC Code
Correct Answer :
D. EBCDIC Code
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What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?
Operating Systems
Paralled Processing
ULSI
None of above
Another word for a daisy wheel printer
Petal printer
Golf ball printer
Laser printer
Line printer
Hard disk is coated in both sides with
Magnetic metallic oxide
Optical metallic oxide
Carbon layer
All of the above
A general purpose single-user microcomputer designed to be operated by one person at a time is
Special-purpose computer
KIPS
M
PC
WAN stands for
Wap Area Network
Wide Area Network
Wide Array Net
Wireless Area Network
Which of the following is/ are operating systems
Windows
Unix
OS/2
All of these
The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from
Primary memory
Control section
External memory
Cache memory
Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?
Disk unit
Control unit
ALU
Modem
ALU is
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Array Logic Unit
Application Logic Unit
None of above
Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers
They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component
They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat
They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine
None of above
Modern Computers are very reliable but they are not
Infallible
Cheap
Powerful
Fast
A pen shaped device which can sense light, and is used to point at spots on a video screen.
Mouse
Light pen
Joystick
Plotter
Perforated paper used as input of output media is known as
paper tapes
magnetic tape
punched papers tape
card punch
________ computer is small general purpose micro computer, but larger than portable computer
Hybrid
Digital
Desktop
Laptop
Which of the following require large computers memory?
Imaging
Graphics
Voice
All of Above
In a computer _____ is capable to store single binary bit.
Capacitor
Flip flop
Register
Inductor
_________ translates and executes program at run time line by line
Compiler
Interpreter
Linker
Loader
A Pixel is
A computer program that draws picture
A picture stored in secondary memory
The smallest resolvable part of a picture
None of these
Who invented Integrated Circuits?
Jack Kilby
Robert Noyce
Both of above
None of above
Time during which a job is processed by the computer is
Delay times
Real time
Execution time
Down time
The central processing unit (CPU) consists of
Input, output and processing
Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage
Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage
Control unit, processing, and primary storage
An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is________
CPU
Memory
Storage
File
A paper printout of a document is known as
Softcopy output
Hardcopy output
Permanent Output
All of above
A language which is close to that used within the computer is
High-level language
Assembly language
Low-level language
All of the above
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
To locate a data item for storage is
Field
Feed
Database
Fetch
First generation computers used _________ for memory
vacuum tubes
silicon chips
magnetic drum
RAM
in which year was UKs premier computing event called ?The which computer? started?
1980
1985
1986
1987
The personal computer industry was started by
IBM
Apple
Compaq
HCL
A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to data?
680 KB
680 Bytes
680 MB
680 GB