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Magnetic tape can serve as

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Secondary storage media

Output media

Input Media

All of the above

In 1830 Charles Babbage designed a machine called the analytical engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition in whihc year was is exhibition.

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1920

1855

1960

1970

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

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Speed

Accuracy

Reliability

Cost

All modern computer operate on

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Information

Floppies

Data

Word

The subdivision of fields.

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Always done to give the programmer greater flexibility

Dependent on programming language used.

Never accomplished on fields containing numeric data

All above

Which of the following require large computers memory.

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Imaging

Graphics

Voice

All above

The computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a.

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Interpreter

Simulator

Compiler

Commander

As computer to diskettes the hard disks are

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More expensive

More portable

Less rigit

Slowly accessed

A type of core store that has a lower access time than the devices used for working store int he same processor is known as

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Core memory

Buffer

Fast core

Address register

The metal disks, which are permanently housed in sealed and contamination free containers are called.

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Hard Disks

Floppy disk

Winchester disk

Flexible disk

Personal Computer use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board What is the common name for such boards.

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Daughter board

Motherboard

Father board

Breadboard

When did arch rivals IBM and Apple computers in c decide to join hands.

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1978

1984

1990

1991

WAN stand for

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Wap Area Network

Wide Area Network

Wide Array Net

Wireless Area Network

Before a disk drive can access any sector record a computer program has to provide the record's disk address What information does this address specify.

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Track number

Sector number

All of above

The magnetic storage chip used to provide non volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as.

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Magnetic core memory

Magnetic tape memory

Magnetic disk memory

Magnetic bubble memory

Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on

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Tracks per inch of surface

Bit per inch of tracks

Disk pack in disk surface

All of above

The word length of a computer is measured in.

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Bytes

Bits

Millimeters

Meters

What are of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time.

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Bus control

Bus arbitration

Interrupts

Status

Communications device combines transmissions from several devices into on line is.

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Concentrator

Modifier

Multiplexer

full duplex line

The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the

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Block definition

Record contain clause

Blocking factor

Record per block factor

On a PC how much memory is available to application software.

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1024 KB

640 KB

560 KB

760 KB

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