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1. A hybrid computer




2. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC?




3. The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from




4. Chief component of first generation computer was




5. To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a/n




6. What are the stages in the compilation process?




7. Which of the following IC was used in third generation of computers?




8. The main electronic component used in first generation computers was




9. A dumb terminal has




10. One millisecond is




11. The output quality of a printer is measured by




12. Which of the following was a special purpose computer?




13. What was the computer invented by Attanasoff and Clifford?




14. Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data?




15. Which computer was considered the first electronic computer until 1973 when court invalidated the patent?




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




17. High density double sided floppy disks could store _____ of data




18. A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs




19. Which of the following is not an input device?




20. The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in two 16-bit words of a computer is approximately




21. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drivers, memory, expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of the board?




22. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board What is the name of this board?




23. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for




24. A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as




25. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct




26. A modern electronic computer is a machine that is meant for




27. When was vacuum tube invented?




28. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?




29. Computers with 80286 microprocessor is




30. An application suitable for sequential processing is




31. Which of the following is not processing?




32. The digital computer was developed primarily in




33. Software in computer




34. Today?s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name?




35. 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?




36. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is called




37. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?




38. Abacus was the first




39. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be




40. Instructions and memory address are represented by




41. The terminal device that functions as a cash register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is the




42. A set of flip flops integrated together is called ____




43. People often call ______ as the brain of computer system




44. Which is used for manufacturing chips?




45. The value of each bead in heaven is




46. The first computer introduced in Nepal was




47. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of the following language?




48. Instruction in computer languages consists of




49. Which generation of computer is still under development




50. A register organized to allow to move left or right operations is called a ____