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Best General Knowledge MCQs of Computer by Adspk

Best General Knowledge MCQs of Computer by Adspk

  • Half byte = 1nibble = 4 bits
    • Bit means Binary Digit
    • 1 byte = 8 bits
    • 1 mega byte = 1048576 bytes
    • 1 kilo byte = 1024 bytes
    • A combination of 16 bits are called word.
    • A terabyte = 1 trillion bytes
    • Our PC belongs to 4th generation
    • Fred Cohen coined the word computer virus
    • First computer virus was created in 1970 at Bell laboratories
    • WORM means Write Once Read Many
    • Power of a super computer is measured in FLOPS (Floating Point Operations per Second)
    • WWW/http: (hypertext transfer protocol) was created by Tim Burner Lee in 1992
    • Intel means Integrated Electronics
    • 1 worksheet contains 256 columns
    • G.W Basic G.W stands for Gate Way
    • Super Computer was created by J.H. Van Tassel
    • CORBA is Common Object Request Broker Architecture
    • URL is Uniform or Universal Resource Locator
    • Intel invented RAM chip
    • Information stored on disk as series of bumps on its shiny side.
    • DVDs hold more information than CDs. They use smaller bumps and have two reflective layers
    • Recordable CDs do not have bumps. There are patches of color on disk to change the reflected laser light
    • In 1951 Univac – 1, the world’s first commercial computer was designed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. They built ENIAC, the first electronic computer in 1946
    • In 1968 mainframe was built.
    • In 1976 first supercomputer the Cray-1 was developed
    • In 1981 IBM produce the IBM PC.
    • In 1998 IBM made quantum computer
    • Super computers uses parallel processing
    • In 1974, computer games were introduced.
    • PROM is the abbreviation of programmable read only memory

    • What was the world’s first high level programming language 1957: IBM FORTRAN
    • A JPEG is a picture file format – what does JPEG stand for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
    • During World War II, IBM built the computers the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps
    • Registers are temporary storage areas within the CPU.
    • First apple computer was built in garage.
    • The language of small talk is object oriented.
    • Shell is an operating environment.
    • Virtual memory is also known as virtual page.
    • NOS refer to operating systems for a network.
    • In EBCDIC each character is denoted by 8 bits.
    • Diodes are used in analog computer circuits as limiter.
    • Wetware stands for any organic intelligence.
    • GIGO stands for garbage in garbage out.
    • Application of flip-flap are counters, shift register and transfer register.
    • Bootstrap is associated with computer.
    • FORTRAN stands for formula translator.
    • A group of character that is termed as a single entity is called word.
    • Clip art is a computer prepared art.
    • Mark sensing is another term for OMR.
    • Authorization to make multiple software copies is called site licensing.
    • Antivirus is also known as vaccines.
    • Free software is also known as public domain software.
    • In computer DFD stands for Data Flow Diagram.
    • Cyber Space is called to Virtual world of the computer.
    • What does the sun in SUN Microsystems stand for Stanford University Network
    • What does Intel stand for- Integrated Electronics
    • All PCs have a BIOS what does bios stand for-Basic Input Output System
    • What is the common name for an integrated circuit A Chip
    • In WWW terms what does i.e. mean on a domain name-Ireland
    • What company introduced the first commercial minicomputer 65 DEC
    • Name the first web browser publicly available NCSA Mosaic
    • The world’s most powerful super computer is called ASCI white.
    • World Wide Web was invented in 1993 by Tim Bareness Lee.
    • The B-programming language was developed by Ken Thompson.
    • The 1st commercially produced and sold computer (1951) was UNIVAC.
    • The transformation from heavy computers to PCs was made possible using microprocessors.
    • The first microprocessor was developed in 1971 by Intel.
    • A Pentium 4 (P-4) employs roughly 40 million transistors.
    • Mark-1, Apple-1, and colossus were initial desktop computers.
    • Binary digits are briefed as bit.
    • A collection of bits is called byte.
    • The first home computer (1977), which was sold in millions of units was Apple II.
    • ‘PARAM’ is a supercomputer.
    • Father of the Computer.. Charles Babbage
    • What does CMOS stand for in a computer- Complimentary metal Oxide semi-conductor

Best General Knowledge MCQs of Computer by Adspk