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GST103
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1. First Generation Electronic Computers took place between
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2. ______________hold data in the form of physical variables rather than numerical quantities
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3. The term_____________ is generally reserved for a machine that is an order of magnitude more powerful than other machines of its era.
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4. _______________ is an application mainly designed for numerical figures and reports
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5. ______________ printers have small nozzles that actually spray fastdrying ink onto the page to form characters or images.
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6. The Main Frame Computers is otherwise called ______________
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7. LAN stands for_______________
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8. The _____________is the longest key found on most keyboards and it erases characters at the cursor position or gives blank space when pressed.
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9. The first computer programs were written out in _______________
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10. The purpose of an operating system is to provide an environment in which a user may ______________ programs.
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11. The ______________ is the primary interface between the user and the rest of the system.
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12. Eckert and Mauchly developed UNIVAC in ______________
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13. OCR stands for_______________
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14. An _____________ is a program that acts as an interface between a user of a computer and the computer hardware.
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15. True or False. Fiberglass cannot conduct electricity
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16. True or False. EDVAC was able to run orders of magnitude faster than ENIAC.
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17. _______________ refers to a mechanism for controlling the access of programs, processes, or users to the resources defined by a computer controls to be imposed, together with some means of enforcement.
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18. ENIAC is the acronym for_______________
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19. An _____________ is a computer program that accepts a source program in assembly language program reads and translates the entire program into an equivalent program in machine language called the object
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20. The computer system is made up of the hardware and _____________.
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21. The ______________ranges from the building housing the other elements of the computing system namely the computer and the users, the furniture and auxiliary devices
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22. When the ___________ key is pressed, the capital letters on the alphanumeric keys are activated.
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23. All the electronic components in a PC are mounted on a piece of fiberglass called the____________.
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24. ______________are the series of instructions that enable the computer to perform a task or group of tasks
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25. A ______________ is used to create, edit, save and print reports.
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26. The manual data processing operations entail considerable_____________.
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27. ______________ are used with game software and help the user more effectively control the actions of computer-simulated airplanes or arcade-style games.
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28. The _____________ emits the computer’s sound output.
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29. The two most common monitor sizes are ______________
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30. A ____________ language is computer dependent.
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31. A ____________ is simply an input device built to help the user control this on-screen pointer in as natural and efficient a manner as possible.
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32. _______________ refers to the suits of programs that facilitates the optimal use of the hardware systems and or provide a suitable environment for the writing, editing, debugging, testing and running of User Programs.
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33. The different categories of personnel that operates the computer are called______________
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34. The _____________method of data processing involves the use of machines such as typewriter, roneo machines, adding machines and the like.
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35. Third Generation was between ______________
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36. There are ____________ types of electronic computers.
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37. The _____________generation of computer saw the first two supercomputers designed specifically for numeric processing in scientific applications.
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38. Computer is fast becoming the universal machine of the ___________century.
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39. ______________ scanners look and act more like fax machines.
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40. CPU stands for Central ____________ Unit.
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41. LARC stands for______________
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42. The ______________ Key moves the cursor by five spaces to the right when pressed.
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43. The earliest attempt to build an electronic computer was by J. V. Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State, in
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44. UPS stands for_____________
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45. The _____________Computers have memory capacity in the range 128K bytes to 256 Kbytes
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46. In_____________, Seymour Cray developed the CDC 6600
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47. ALU is the acronym for______________
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48. The first general purpose programmable electronic computer was the______________
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49. A _____________ is the primary input device for modern computers that feature operating systems with a graphical user interface
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50. SSI stands for_______________
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