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Bushong Ch 24
Computer science Ch 24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the first commercially developed computer in operation? | 1951 |
| What was the name of the first commercial computer called?? | UNIVAC |
| What was the first general purpose computer ran with? | vacuum tubes |
| What do modern day computer use to store data? | silicon chips |
| Everything about the computer that is visible? | hardware |
| A mouse or a touch pad are examples of what? | input hardware |
| Monitors and printers are examples of what? | output hardware |
| What are the fastest types of computers; they are also for weather forecasting and oil exploration? | supercomputers |
| What is an example of computer hardware? | keyboard |
| This type of computer is used in airlines, banks, and universities? | mainframe |
| ______________ is responsible for data transferred from the main memory and the input and output hardware? | CPU central processing unit |
| What is the main circuit board of the computer? | motherboard |
| Name some common archival or secondary storage devices. | Tape, diskette, hard disk |
| This describes the smallest unit of measure, 0 or 1. | bit |
| Eight _____ make up a _______. | bits, byte |
| 2 ___________ make a ________. | bytes, word |
| What is the oldest computer language for algebraic programs? | FORTRAN |
| What are some of the active storage components in a computer? | ROM, SRAM, DRAM |
| MAC, Windows, and Unix are common ______________. | operating systems |
| What program was invented to make a program easier to understand? | interpreter |
| What program is the most popular for teaching programming concepts? | Pascal |
| This program was developed for children? | LOGO |
| This program is what our US Department of Defense uses? | ADA |
| This program is used for spreadsheets and word processing? | Macros |
| This program was designed for coding business data processing problems? | COBOL |
| What is the name of the program that a computer uses when it is first turned on? | bootstrap |
| What are the 2 classifications of computer program? | system and application |
| This type of computer program is used for editing, implementing, and decoding? | QuickBASIC's |
| Convert the binary digits to a number. 10010 | 18 |
| Convert the number 122 to a binary digit | 1111010 |
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