Computer Fundamental Miscellaneous - Study Mode
[#996] What was the computer conceived by Babbage?
Correct Answer
(A) Analytical Engine
Explanation
Solution: English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer. During the mid-1830s Babbage developed plans for the Analytical Engine. Although it was never completed, the Analytical Engine would have had most of the basic elements of the present-day computer.
[#997] A acronym for the organisation that publishes programming language standard is
Correct Answer
(C) ANSI
Explanation
Solution: American National Standards Institute. Founded in 1918, ANSI is a voluntary organization composed of over 1,300 members (including all the large computer companies) that creates standards for the computer industry.
[#998] Which of the following is used to make a programs run when the computer is switched on.
Correct Answer
(A) Autoboot
Explanation
Solution: Booting is what happens when a computer starts. When you boot a computer, your processor looks for instructions in system ROM (the BIOS) and does them. They normally 'wake up' peripheral equipment and search for the boot device. The boot device either loads the operating system or gets it from someplace else.
[#999] A micro processor chip used in a PC system
Correct Answer
(A) Performs the arithmetic-logic and control functions
Explanation
Solution: A micro processor chip used in a PC system Performs the arithmetic-logic and control functions. microprocessor, any of a type of miniature electronic device that contains the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry necessary to perform the functions of a digital computer's central processing unit.
[#1000] ILLIAC is a
Correct Answer
(A) Super computer
Explanation
Solution: ILLIAC (Illinois Automatic Computer) was a series of supercomputers built at a variety of locations, some at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. In all, five computers were built in this series between 1951 and 1974.