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The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except.

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Microprocessor

Disk controller

Serial interface

Modem

A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as.

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Path

Address Bus

Route

All of the above

Before a sdisk cna be used to store data it must be.

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Formatted

Reformatted

Addressed

None

Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM corporation.

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ASCII

Hollerith Code

Baudot code

EBCDIC Code

Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located.

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Memory address register

Memory data register

Program counter

Instruction register

What type of device of computer keyboard.

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Memory

Output

Storage

Input

How many address lines are needed to address each memory location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip.

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10

11

8

12

Plotter accuracy is measured in term of repeatability and

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Buffer size

Resolution

Vertical dimensions

Intelligence

The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIA did not work on the stored program principle How many numbers could it store in its internal memory.

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100

20

40

80

To locate a data item for storage is

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Field

Feed

Database

Fetch

Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU.

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Control unit and registers

Registers and main memory

Control unit and ALU

ALU and bus

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

Digital computer is a computer.

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That works with discrete quantities.

That works with analog quantities

Botha A and B

None

Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports.

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Data

Bytes

Graphics

Pictures

The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured.

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POM

RAM

PROM

EPROM

Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU

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Control unit and registers

Registers and main memory

Control Unit and ALU

ALU and bus

Who invented the microprocessor.

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Marcian E Huff

Herman H Goldstein

Joseph jacuard

All of above

RATS stand for

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Regression analysis time series

Regression analyses time sharing

Real Analysis series

All of above

One of the class of storage device devices that can access storage location in any order is.

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DTE

DASID

DDE

DCD

A computer consists of.

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A central processing unit

A memory

Input and output unit

All of the above

Computer instructions Witten with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called.

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Mnemonics

Symbolic code

Gray codes

Opcode

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