33401. Which of the following file organizations is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?
33402. What is the name of the reading device which mades use of photosensors and laser technologies to interpret printed, typed or even hand-written data directly from the source documents?
33403. A(n) ____ device is any device that provides information which is sent to the CPU.
33404. The range of frequencies available for data transmission is known as
33405. Full adder has
33406. Which major development led to the production of microcomputers?
33407. The first computer made available for commercial use was
33408. In which mode, each user has a local input/output device.
33409. Sometime data are gathered over a period of time and collected into a group before entering them into a computer for processing. What type of processing is it called?
33410. Which of the following is considered a direct-entry input device?
33411. A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as
33412. An IBM System/38 represents the computer class of:
33413. Which hole is used to mark the location of the first sector in a soft-sectored disk.
33414. Which system was developed by Rank-Xeron for use with office computers and other equipment.
33415. Bubble memory is a
33416. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known as
33417. If, in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify addresses in a RAM, the number of addresses will be
33418. What is the storage capacity of a Hollerith card which is organized into nibbles?
33419. A type of instruction that can produce several lines of machine language code is a
33420. A common use of computer in office is for
33421. The imitation of one device or system by another is
33422. A type of semiconductor memory that usually has small capacity but very fast access is
33423. Third generation computers
33424. High-level languages are not concerned with computer but with
33425. Which of the following term is used in connection with the organisation of files in ALGOL 68
33426. The methods used by COBOL to define that structure of a data item in terms of characters, digits, etc. is
33427. Which of the following transfers data contained on computer cards to the computer system.
33428. The difference between memory and storages is that memory is _____ and storage is _____
33429. Which most popular input device used today for interactive processing & for the on line entry of data for batch processing.
33430. A fully functional computing device containing all the elements of a computer which is built around a MICROPROCESSOR is known as
33431. There are historical evidences to prove that abacus was first used in
33432. A class of random access memory that requires periodic servicing in order for the contents to remain valid is
33433. Computer can not do anything without a
33434. The ability of a computer system to remain operational despite various failures is
33435. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second?
33436. The third generation of computers covers the period:
33437. An electronic logic gate whose output is logic 0 only when all inputs are logic 1 is
33438. Which of the following is the expansion of EBCDIC
33439. A vertically aligned set of tracks on a disk pack is known as
33440. Which is an electronic device that can store temporarily a single bit of data.
33441. A digital device that processes data is known as
33442. A generalised software package produced to meet the bugs of a variety of data processing users is known as
33443. Who is 1988 announced the latest version of CD-ROM called CD-ROMXA (extended architecture) which provides a documented means of integrating digital audio with computer data on a CD-ROM disk?
33444. The term ....... is used to write off the value of lease hold properties.
33445. What is the name of the display feature that highlights areas of the screen which require operator attention?
33446. To set a register or counter to the all-zero-state is
33447. Which is used to store firmware.
33448. Which of the following is NOT a primary storage device?
33449. A device that prints one character at a ! time is kknown as
33450. A mechanism for arranging controlled access to a shared resource is