Why ABC computer is called so?
Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry
Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English
Both of above are the reason to name the computer ABC
None of above are true
Correct Answer :
B. Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English
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Hard disk is coated in both sides with
Magnetic metallic oxide
Optical metallic oxide
Carbon layer
All of the above
Father of "C" programming language
Dennis Ritchie
Prof John Keenly
Thomas Kurtz
Bill Gates
What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common resource in a computer Network?
Printers
Speakers
Floppy disk drives
Keyboards
Which of the following is not a form of data?
numbers and characters
images
sound
none of above
The Second Generation Computer was based on .
Vacuum Tube
Silicon Chips
Transistor
Bio Chips
A name applied by Intel corp. to high speed MOS technology is called
HDLC
LAP
HMOS
SDLC
Magnetic tape can serve as
Secondary storage media
Output media
Input media
All of the above
A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called
Laser printer
Ink-jet printer
Drum printer
Chan printer
Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
None of above
Both of above
Sequential access
Direct access
Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
Analytical Engine
Arithmetic Machine
Donald Kunth
All of above
Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?
It will add to the content of the location
It will change the address of the memory location
It will erase the previous content
It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location
The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:
ENIAC
Mark-I
Analytic Engine
UNIVAC-1
The computer size was very large in
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
Which of the following is machine independence program?
High level language
Low level language
Assembly language
Machine language
What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
Light pen
Mouse
Digitizer
Terminal
Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
Floppy / hard disks
CD-ROMs
Tape devices
All of the above
The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an example of a law enforcement speciality called:
robotics
simulation
computer forensics
animation
The radian of a number system
Is variable
Has nothing to do with digit position value
Equals the number of its distinct counting digits
Is always an even number
What does DMA stand for?
Distinct Memory Access
Direct Memory Access
Direct Module Access
Direct Memory Allocation
What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes?
They were larger in size
They consumed a lot of electricity
They produced heat and often burned out
The operation cost was high
Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on
tracks per inch of surface
bits per inch of tracks
All of above
disk pack in disk surface
Which of the following is not an electronic computer?
ENIAC
ABC
UNIVAC
EDVAC
Which is the largest computer?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
A term used to describe interconnected computer configuration is
Multiprogramming
Modulation
Multiprocessing
Micro program sequence
When was the X window system born?
1984
1989
1988
1990
Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
RAM
ROM
ERAM
RW / RAM
Which of the following is input device?
scanner
speaker
monitor
projector
A computer Program that translates one program instruction at a time into machine language is called a/an
Interpreter
CPU
Compiler
Simulator
Computers process data into information by working exclusively with :
multimedia
word
numbers
characters
The report card and merit list forms the
Output data
Data processing
Central Processing
Input data