| One kilobyte is approximately |
1000 bytes |
| DOS stands for |
Disk Operating System |
| WORD STAR is a popular |
Word processing programme |
| WORD STAR was developed by |
Micro pro Company |
| PC stands for |
Personal Computer |
| ALU stands for |
Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| The VDU and Keyboard together form a |
TERMINAL |
| The speed of the dot matrix printers is measured by CPS which stands for |
characters per second |
| The speed of the line printers is measured by LPM which stands for |
Lines per second |
| DBMS stands for |
Database Management System |
| IBM is a famous computer company.IBM stands for |
International Business Machines Corporation |
| ROM stands for |
Read Only Memory |
| The actual machine of the computer is commonly known as |
Hardware |
| The programs run on the computer are commonly known as |
Software |
| All the output which is printed on paper is called |
Hard Copy |
| The number of pixels on a computer screen determines a screes’s |
Resolution |
| A processor’s speed is measured in |
Megahertz |
| A software that assists the computer in performing instructions,is called as |
system software |
| CAM stands for |
Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| DPI stands for |
Dots per Inch |
| DTP stands for |
Desk Top Publishing |
| EPROM stands for |
erasable and Programmable Read only Memory |
| A magnetic storage disk made out of a thin piece of plastic is called |
Floppy Disk |
| A pictorial representation of the step by step sequence for solving a problem is known as a |
Flow Chart |
| A measure of storage capacity equal to one thousand megabytes is one |
Gigabyte |
| A variable whose value is accessible throughout the program is called |
Global Variable |
| A huge,worldwide network of computers that communicate with each other,allowing global communications between users is known popularly known as |
Internet |
| KB stands for |
Kilobyte |
| LAN stands for |
Local Area Network |
| A printer which uses light to transfer the image to paper is the |
Laser Printer |
| Memory which retains all its contents even after the power is turned off is known as |
Non-Volatile Memory |
| The result that is generated by the computer after processing the information provided to it is known as |
Output |
| Electronic mail is more popularly known as |
E-Mail |
| PILOT stands for |
Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching |
| PILOT was developed by |
Doug Engelbardt |
| IQL stands for |
Interactive Query Language |
| LOGO was developed by |
Dr.seymour Papert |
| CAL stands for |
Computer Assisted Learning |
| APT stands for |
Automatically Programmed Tooling |
| `C’language was invented by |
Dennis M.Ritchie |
| Modula-2 was developed by |
Niklaus Wirth |
| Terminals that have their own memory are called |
Smart terminals |
| The memory that needs electric power to sustain its contents is known as |
Volatile Memory |
| MOS stands for |
Metallic Oxide Semiconductors |
| Dvorak key board was designed by |
August Dvorak |
| A simple device which functions as a simpler alternative to the keyboard is the |
Mouse |
| Automatic drawing input device is called |
Scanner |
| In the second generation computers,magnetic cores were used as |
Main Memory Devices |
| LCD stands for |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| RADAR stands for |
Radio Detection and Ranging |
| RADAR works on the principle of |
Echo |
| software-in-Hardware modules are called |
Firmware |
| A device by which any microcomputer can use ordinary television set for producing output is called |
RF modulator |
| EDSAC stands for |
Electronic Delayed Storage Automatic Computer |
| EDVAC stands for |
Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer |
| EDSAC was developed in the year |
1949 |
| EDVAC was developed in the year |
1952 |
| ENIAC stands for |
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator |
| The most successful computing device in the ancient time was |
Abacus |
| Use of some mechanism for the operation of a machine is known as |
Automation |
| Radar contact with the moon was first made in |
1945 |
| Radar contact with Venus was first made in |
1961 |
| A system in which information is displayed on a television screen is known as |
Video Text System |
| A modern means of communication in which the information is stored in a computer at a TV station is known as |
Teletext |
| Global communication became possible by using |
Satellites |
| Morse code was invented by |
Samuel Morse |
| The code used in a teleprinter is the |
Baudot Code |
| Teleprinter exchange is popularly known as |
Telex |
| A device which converts sound waves into electrical waves is called |
Microphone |
| AVC stands for |
Automatic Volume Control |
| The device used to measure wavelengths of radio waves is |
Wavemeter |
| A hollow metallic tube used in place of wire in electric circuits carrying high frequency currents is called |
Waveguide |
| An instrument used to measure the intensity of radiations is the |
Radiometer |
| An instrument used to measure electrical voltage is the |
Voltmeter |
| VTVM stands for |
Vacuum Tube Volt Meter |
| A circuit which maintains a constant voltage is called |
Voltage Stabilizer |
| SCR stands for |
Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
| A device used to increase or decrease electric voltageis called a |
Transformer |
| A magnetic tape that records both audio and video signals is called a |
Video Tape |
| The first electronic calculator was manufactured in 1963 by |
Bell Punch Company,USA |
| MASER stands for |
Microwave Amplification by stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| A computer which can handle a large volume of numbers is called a |
Number cruncher |
| POST stands for |
Power on Self Test |
| POST is a test carried out just after the computer has been |
Switched on |
| An index of the files stored on a disk is called |
Directory |
| CP/M stands for |
Control program for Microcomputers |
| CP/M was developed by |
digital Research Inc.,USA |
| MVS stands for |
Multiple Virtual Storage Operating System |
| MVS is used in |
Mainframe computers |
| The process of starting a computer is called |
Booting |
| A group of four binary digits is called a |
NIBBLE |
| BPI stands for |
Bit per Inch |
| A smart card is a |
multifunctional microprocessor |
| LIPS stands for |
Logical Inferences Per Second |
| A computerized machine is normally called a |
Robot |
| A robot is a machine directed by a |
Computer |
| A robot which resembles a human being is called an |
Android |
| PL/1 stands for |
Programme Language-1 |
| The language PL/1 has combined features of |
COBOL and FORTRAN |
| BASIC stands for |
Begineers All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| COBOL stands for |
Common Busines Oriented Language |
| ALGOL stands for |
Algorithmic Language |
| ALGOL was developed in the early 1960s in |
Europe |
| COBOL was first introduced in the year |
1961 |
| FORTRAN stands for |
Formula Translation |
| FORTRAN was developed and introduced by IBM in the year |
1957 |
| PL/1 was introduced in the 1960s by |
IBM |
| COMAL stands for |
Common Algorithmic Language |
| BASIC was developed by |
John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz |
| SNOBOL stands for |
String Oriented Symbolic Language |
| SNOBOL was developed in |
1962 |
| LISP stands for |
List Processing Language |
| LISP was developed by |
John McCarthy |
| Loud speaker was invented by |
Rice Kellogg |
| PROM stands for |
Programmable Read Only Memory |
| Two types of RAM chips are |
Dynamic,static |
| Data is fed into the computer by first converting it into |
Binary codes |