Computer Fundamental Miscellaneous - Study Mode

[#1146] The process of fetching and executing instructions, one at a time, in the order of increasing addresses is known as
Correct Answer

(B) straight line sequencing

Explanation

Solution: The process of fetching and executing instructions, one at a time, in the order of increasing addresses is known as straight line sequencing. The CPU is the heart of the computer. A program is a sequence of instructions stored in main memory. When a program is run, the CPU fetches the instructions and executes or follows the instructions.

[#1147] What is the term which represents the use of links between information of all sorts whether text, graphics, video oi audio-based?
Correct Answer

(B) Hypermedia

Explanation

Solution: Hypermedia is an extension to what is known as hypertext, or the ability to open new Web pages by clicking text links on a Web browser. Hypermedia extends upon this by allowing the user to click images, movies, graphics and other media apart from text to create a nonlinear network of information.

[#1148] Codes which do not require to be frequently updated also promote user efficiency due to
Correct Answer

(C) Stability

Explanation

Solution: Codes which do not require to be frequently updated also promote user efficiency due to Stability. Stability means a state or quality of being stable. Similarly, stability testing in software testing involves ascertaining a software application's capacity to execute or accomplish tasks within defined conditions or duration.

[#1149] A packet switching network that was sponsored by the Commission of the EEC and became operational in 1979 is
Correct Answer

(D) Euronet

Explanation

Solution: A packet switching network that was sponsored by the Commission of the EEC and became operational in 1979 is Euronet. Euronet a collaborative network that links together a number of the academic and research packet switching networks in Europe.

[#1150] What is the standard code the computer industry created to represent characters?
Correct Answer

(C) ASCII

Explanation

Solution: ASCII, abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.