Everyday Science – Computers, Electronics & Communication

Name the simplest calculator that has been used for thousands of years.

What is meant by tallying ?

_______ can be defined as the machines which can do calculation or process data with high accuracy and great speed.

There are ____ major types of computers.

Which computer has a memory and solve problems by counting precisely,adding,subtracting multiplying,diving and comparing ?

The functions of the analogue computer is only to.

Which of the following is an example of special purpose analogue computer ?

The number code used by computer is called.

Binary system employed in computers use only two digits.

What is a hybrid computer ?

Name the smallest unit of memory.

A byte is a unit for measurement for computer memory capacity.It is a group of ____ bits.

Physical components of a computer including all peripheral devices are called.

The programmes and date or the instruction are called the ____ of the system.

Which of the following is an essential part of a pocket calculator?

An integrated circuit is a group of electronics parts joined together in a protective ease. It is also called as.

A chip is made from a very thin flake of an elemental called.

Laptops are the smallest computers,also called the.

Which computers are used in small business applications and for home computing ?

Which computer is used in medium sized organizations and laboratories ?

______ computers are large sized computers,also called main frame computers.

Macro computers have _____ CPU (central processing units).

Which is the main unit of any computing system ?

Which of the following is not an input device of a computers ?

For word processing ,what input device must be used ?

The memory of the computer is measured in bytes. How many bytes make a megabyte?

Very big computers used for complex scientific calculations are.

_____ controls time and sequence of the operation of the computers or organizes the processing.

Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)performs actual ______ of date ,which includes addition,subtraction,multiplication and division.

Registers store ______ results and date awaiting processing.

Memory Unit (MU),also called main storage is an integral physical part which contains date stored in unique locations identified by.

There are _____ types of memories.

A blinking undercore (dot)seen on monitor is called.

A TV like device called _____ is used to display result on a screen.

Which of the following is not an examples of software ?

Which of the following was discovered by Germans during World War- Two ?

There are _____ types of monitors.

A printer receives information from computer and prints it on a.

Which input device is used for playing computer games ?

ROM and RAM are commonly used terms in computers. What are these ?

Which memory can be read or written ?

All computers use _______ to hold certain start up programmes to start disk drives,and load operating systems into memory.

Which of the following can be used as a printer in word processing?

Nibble is smaller than byte, it is a group of _____ bits.

A kilo byte is a group of ______ bytes.

A mega byte is group of 1024.

A giga byte is a group of 1024.

A tera byte is a group of _______ giga bytes.

Which is the oldest storage medium ?

The first floppy disk was developed by IBM in.

A floppy disk is a circular piece of mylar or other plastic like material coated with.

Hard disk is fixed disk which has a great capacity of storing date normally calculated in ____.

A copy of virus can _______ a number of programmes.

A network virus is known as.

Brain virus was the first virusdeveloped by two ______ brothers.

The bacteria are_______ that do not explicitly damage any file.

Which device links computers over telephone lines ?

A programme is a sequence of _____ to be performed.

Electronic mail (E_mail) is the information directed to specific users,screens or held in computer mail box for access by users who type in.

The writing of instructions in a language for control of computer is called.

__________ programming is for end user programmes, such as word processing packages.

A programming language is a special notation in which insertions for controlling computer are.

Which is the most widely used programming language in schools, colleges and universities ?

In ______ programming programming are written as lists of instructions, which the computer obeys in sequence.

A database is information or date on a disk or tape,where database are used ?

FORTRAN is a high level language used for _____ purposes.

COBOL is a language for_____ applications.

Which programming is based on definition of functions ?

With respect to hardware generations,programming languages have _______ generations.

All machine languages are considered as ______ generation of programming languages.

A machine languages is the most fundamental programming languages which is directly understood by the.

Low level symbolic languages are called ______ generation languages.

High level symbolic languages are______ generation.

The common _____ words are used as instructions in third generation.

What is 4 GL ?

There are _____ application softwares.

Special purpose softwares are developed for special situations like rules and regulations to prepare payroll which differ from.

The millennium bug is named.

The ______ of a Computer is measured in terms of its processing speed, memory capacity and back-up size.

The time needed to access data from disk is called.

A small area of memory for temporary storage of date is called.

A number indicating a specific location of memory is called.

Date stored for long long term retention in called.

_______ is an alphabet,numeric,punctuation marks etc.

An instruction given to Computer in direct mode is called.

Monochrome is a ____ colour.

Function keys are the keys on the keyboard marked as F1 to.

When was IBM personal Computer launched ?

The internet is like the ______ system,which ties callers around the world together via web of data-transmission lines.

On the net,which Computers are linked together via telephone lines and fibre-optic cable ?

Which programme assembles photos,text and audio onto web pages that appear on Computer screen ?

In the field of business, internet will work as world wide ______ in the near future.

The web refers to all those interconnected data sources you get there via the.

Complete structure of instructions is called.

The general term for the production and processing of electric signals that convey information is called.

Semiconductors used in electronic devices are doped to change their electronic devices are doped to change their electrical.

Radio is based on the principle that electrical signals can travel without a wire,So it is also called.

______ worlds on production of suitable electromagnetic signals that can be transmitted,received and converted back to the original pattern.

The velocity at which an object will continue its circular motion around the Earth in an orbit called the.

______ satellites are the most important of satellites.