computer vocabulary review

Question 1

computers are built carry out instructions written in a very simple type of language called machine language

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

a motherboard is a prented circut board that controls all of the systems hardware

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

what is a hard drive

Accepted Answer

it provides most of the computers memory

Question 4

what is a printer ?

Accepted Answer

it records output on paper a record of data and text to paper

Question 5

the first all-purpose calculator was devolped by charles babage in the mid 1800s

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

which one describes a personal computer

Accepted Answer

a general purpose computer that is oprated by one person at a time

Question 7

what is Java used for ?

Accepted Answer

it is used to program web pages

Question 8

what is a supercomputer

Accepted Answer

the fastest and largest computer that is currently being made

Question 9

what would you describe a computer as ?

Accepted Answer

a electronic machine that stores,process and retrives information

Question 10

a keyboard is an email of...

Accepted Answer

hardware

Question 11

what is a microcomputer

Accepted Answer

a very small computer that are used in ATMs,cash registers, and cars

Question 12

a computer does its work according to a list of instructions called...

Accepted Answer

a software program

Question 13

who invinted napiers bones ?

Accepted Answer

blaise pascal

Question 14

what was napiers bones

Accepted Answer

the first mechanical adding machine ?

Question 15

what is a CPU ?

Accepted Answer

it is memory for difrent types of secondary storage

Question 16

peripheral devices either provide ___ to a computer or ___ from a computer (choose 2)

Accepted Answer

input to a computer (input devices), display outlet from a computer (output devices)

Question 17

what is a mainframe computer ?

Accepted Answer

a large computer used by large companys and the government

Question 18

HTML stands for

Accepted Answer

hyertext markup language

Question 19

what was the chinese abacus

Accepted Answer

it used a system of beards to proform arithmetics

Question 20

what did herman hollerith make easier to do ?

Accepted Answer

he found new ways to gather information

Question 21

what is debugging ?

Accepted Answer

when there is a problem in a computer that gets fixed its debugging, when computers were first created pepole had to remove moths from them

Question 22

what is ROM

Accepted Answer

a fixed memory that provides instructions needed to start the computer

Question 23

which anser best describes binary digits ?

Accepted Answer

a mesurement fro the amount of storage on a computer

Question 24

what is a complete system

Accepted Answer

a complete system with the parts all working together to finish one task

Question 25

an application program gives the computer instructions for carrying out a specic task

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

what did ENIAC stand for

Accepted Answer

electronic,numerical,intergrater and computer

Question 27

secondary storage includes which of the following

Accepted Answer

compact discs, zip disks, magnetic tape

Question 28

what is RAM

Accepted Answer

the main type of memory in a computer it is contained in chpis

Question 29

what does BASIC stand for

Accepted Answer

beginers,all purpose,symbolic,instruction

Question 30

a byte is also a mesurement for the stoarage left on a computer

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

a computer's operating system controls the computer and its

Accepted Answer

components

Question 32

what is a computer virus ?

Accepted Answer

it attaches itself to programs and infect other programs and delete them

Question 33

who was Ada loveplace ?

Accepted Answer

the worlds first computer programmer and has a computer programing laguange

Question 34

what was Ada ?

Accepted Answer

a modern computer programing langanguage named after ave loveplace

computer vocabulary review

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computer vocabulary review

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