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Fundamentals of Computers (New) Part 1

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1. Which is the largest computer?




2. Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device




3. The personal computer industry was started by




4. What is meant by a dedicated computer?




5. Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?




6. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum tubes?




7. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as




8. Which is not a comptuer of first generation?




9. Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as




10. Who invented vacuum tubes?




11. An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is




12. Who suggested Stored Program Concept




13. The central processing unit (CPU) consists of




14. The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in




15. Which is a semi conductor memory




16. RJ45 UTP cable has ________ Cables.




17. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?




18. The earliest calculating devices are




19. Word length of a Personal Computer is ___




20. What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather than wheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches?




21. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a __ resident package




22. The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed




23. The full form of ALU is




24. What produces useful information out of data?




25. Which of the following device was not invented by Babbage




26. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of




27. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?




28. A computer has very low failure rate because it uses electronic components. It produces very consistent results. This is highlighted by which of the feature of computer?




29. A paper printout of a document is known as




30. Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material?




31. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called




32. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?




33. ABC is a




34. The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is




35. When was the X window system born?




36. What is the first stage in software development?




37. Which of the following is valid statement?




38. The Second Generation Computer was based on ________.




39. EBCDIC stands for




40. Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to




41. IBM System/360 is




42. A system is




43. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?




44. The translator program used in assembly language is called




45. EEPROM stands for




46. Regarding data, computers are very good at




47. Bit map terminal




48. First generation computers used _________ for memory




49. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?




50. EPROM can be used for