Who invented punched cards?
Charles Babbage
Dr. Herman Hollerith
Howard Aikin
Joseph Jacquard
Correct Answer :
D. Joseph Jacquard
Related Questions
The arranging of data in a logical sequence is called
Sorting
Classifying
Reproducing
Summarizing
What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?
Pixel
Reverse video
Touch screen
Cursor
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
Computer memory consists of
RAM
ROM
PROM
All of the above
Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
Floppy / hard disks
CD-ROMs
Tape devices
All of the above
A program that is employed in the development, repair or enhancement of other programs is known as
System software
Software tool
Applications program
Utility program
A set of flip flops integrated together is called
Counter
Adder
Register
None of the above
ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems.What does EBCDIC stand for?
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
Select the Odd one
Operating system
Interpreter
Compiler
Assembler
It was in 2028 BS the was brought in to calculate census datA.
IBM 1400
IBM 1401
ICL 2950
None of above
Which of the following is the smallest storage?
Megabyte
Gigabyte
Terabyte
None of these
A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to
2 byte
32 byte
4 byte
8 byte
Who invented EDSAC?
John v. Neumann
J.P. Eckert and John Mauchley
Maurice Wilkes
Howard Aiken
People often call ______ as the brain of computer system
Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Central Processing Unit
Storage Unit
The computer size was very large in
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
A hybrid computer uses a _____ to convert digital signals from a computer into analog signals.
Modulator
Demodulator
Modem
Decoder
Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a:
networked
mainframe
supercomputer
client
By programmable machine we mean
computers
modern television
washing machines
anything that can be set to perform different tasks with suitable programs
Is an OOP principle
Structured programming
Procedural programming
Inheritance
Linking
Identify the correct statement
IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs
Macintosh used CISC CPU design
IBM used CISC CPU design
None of above is true
________ is the ability of a device to "jump" directly to the requested data
Sequential access
Random access
Quick access
All of the above
Which one is the largest space?
kilobyte
petabyte
terabyte
gigabyte
Malicious software is known as:
Bad ware.
Malware.
Malicious ware.
Illegal ware.
FORTRAN is
File Translation
Format Translation
Formula Translation
Floppy Translation
Which statement is valid about magnetic tape?
It is a plastic ribbon
It is coated on both sides with iron oxide
It can be erased and reused
All of above
The personal computer industry was started by
IBM
Apple
Compaq
HCL
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
Perforated paper used as input of output media is known as
paper tapes
magnetic tape
punched papers tape
card punch
Memory is made up of
Set of wires
Set of circuits
Large number of cells
All of these
When was the world's first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?
Hewlett-Packard
Epson, 1981
Laplink traveling software In1982
Tandy model-2000, 1985