Who invented the high level language C�?
Dennis M. Ritchie
Niklaus Writh
Seymour Papert
Donald Kunth
Correct Answer :
A. Dennis M. Ritchie
Related Questions
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
Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is
Stationary
Difficult to move
Dragged
Moved in small steps
What kind of memory is both static and non -volatile?
RAM
ROM
BIOS
CACHE
Chief component of first generation computer was
Transistors
Integrated Circuits
None of above
Vacuum Tubes and Valves
A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
Super computer
Minicomputer
Micro computer
Macro computer
Which is not a comptuer of first generation?
ENIAC
UNIVAC
IBM 360
IBM 1401
Which of the following is intended to be used in all applications runs on mainframe computers.
LOGO
APL
PL/1
OCCAM
Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
Magnetic tape
Magnetic disk
Optical disk
All of above
Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to
Console-operator
Programmer
Peopleware
System Analyst
Which of the following statement is false?
Mechanical analog computers have existed for thousands of years
There are mechanical analog computers and electronic analog computers.
All electronic computers are digital computers
All of above are false
A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of
Speed
Accuracy
Reliability
Cost
Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink powder?
Daisy wheel printer
Line printer
Laser printer
Thermal printer
What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9- trac magnetic tape?
9
16
18
27
A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant for
Doing quick mathematical calculations
Input, storage, manipulation and outputting of data
Electronic data processing
Performing repetitive tasks accurately
What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common resource in a computer Network?
Printers
Speakers
Floppy disk drives
Keyboards
The two major types of computer chips are
External memory chip
Primary memory chip
Microprocessor chip
Both b and c
Which of the following is a secondary memory device?
Keyboard
Disk
ALU
All of the above
Which of the following is the most powerful computers?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as
Path
Route
Address bus
All of the above
The average time necessary for the correct sector of a disk to arrive at the read write head is _____
Down time
Seek time
Rotational delay
Access time
The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called
Semiconductor memory
Registers
Hard disks
Magnetic disk
Examples of output devices are
Screen
Printer
Speaker
All of these
The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the :
digital divide
Internet divide
Web divide
E-illiteracy
When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed?
1880
1990
1944
None of above
Memory is made up of
Set of wires
Set of circuits
Large number of cells
All of these
A language which is close to that used within the computer is
High-level language
Assembly language
Low-level language
All of the above
________ computer is small general purpose micro computer, but larger than portable computer
Hybrid
Digital
Desktop
Laptop
An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
Small-scale computer
Medium-scale computer
Large-scale computer
Super computer
A hybrid computer
Resembles digital computer
Resembles analogue computer
Resembles both a digital and analogue computer
None of the above
Computers manipulate data in many ways, and this manipulation is called________
upgrading
processing
batching
utilizing