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The term word in computer terminology refers to. |
bits formed into groups
coded instructions
memory size
language used
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A bus line consists of. |
registers
accumulators
parallel data paths
machine cycles
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Memory is divided into many numerically addressed. |
logic
locations
codes
cells
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Information travels between components of a computer through groups of wires called. |
cards
busses
slots
ports
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The clock speed of a computer is measured in. |
megahertz
kilobytes
megabytes
binary digits
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The number of bytes in the following number (1111, 1011, 0111,0100,1010) is. |
5
2 1/2
10
1 2/4
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Memory capacity may be expressed in. |
microseconds
kilobytes
bits
cycles
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Another name for a logic chip is. |
PROM
memory
microprocessor
ROM
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Computer operations are synchronized by. |
the CPU clock
megabytes
the binary system
E-time
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The unit that transforms data into information is the. |
CPU
ROM
DVD
OCR
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The heart of a digital computer is. |
control unit
memory unit
logic unit
visual display unit
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During E-time the ALU. |
examines the instruction
enters the instruction
executes the instruction
elicits the instruction
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The entire computer system is coordinated by. |
the ALU
the accumulator
the control unit
arithmetic operators
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The central processing Unit (CPU) comprises of. |
memory, VDU , and printer
input device , output device and memory
store , arithmetic and logic unit and control unit
software, hardware and power supply unit
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A CPU has. |
control unity consisting of program counter and instruction decoder, and arithmetic unit having accumulator
bubble memory
visual display unit
auxiliary storage unit
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Historically, the first computers were used for. |
text processing
data storage
simulation and modeling
arithmetic calculations
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Charles Babbage worked closely with ______ to develop his device. |
Ada Lovelace
Joseph-Marie Charles
Herman Hollerith Jacquard
Lord Byron
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Charles Babbage set out to create a device that could carry out any calculation to twenty digits of accuracy called a(n):. |
computer
analytical engine
calculator
mainframe
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Which is not a professional computer job? |
system analyst
programmer
user
data entry operator
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Programs written to cause computers to function in a desired way are called. |
hardware
instruction
software
algorithm
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Arranging classified data in a predetermined sequence to facilitate processing is called. |
storing
sorting
processing
classifying
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The concurrent processing of computer program via terminals on one computer system is an example of. |
real time processing
time-sharing
Interactive processing
all of the above
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computers that deal with discrete data are called. |
discrete computers
digital computers
analog computers
micro computers
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Who developed the first automatic electronic digital computer prototype between 1935 and 1942. |
John Atanasoff
J. Presper Eckert
William Shockley
Thomas J.Watson
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Who is pioneer in the field of computer language who played an important role in the development of COBOL. |
Grace M.Hopper
How H.Aiken
John von Neumann
Thomas J.Watson
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Who is responsible for introducing the concept of stored program. |
Blaise Pascal
Herman Hollerith
Charles Babbage
John von Neumann
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A microprocessor has memory location from 0000 to 3FFF, each storing one byte. The number of bytes, the memory can stored is. |
8,192
16,384
32,768
4,096
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The differential equations are solved by. |
analog computers
digital computers
differential machine
both analog and digital computers
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A physical system can be modeled by a set of. |
Boolean equations
logic equations
differential equations
linear algebraic equations
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Time scaling in analog computers is done to make them. |
operate fast
operate slowly
operate in time delay mode
either operate fast or operate slowly
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