GST103

1. A _____________ is the computer component that lets you create copies of the information stored in your computer on paper.

2. ______________ are used with game software and help the user more effectively control the actions of computer-simulated airplanes or arcade-style games.

3. The first computer programs were written out in _______________

4. The purpose of an ______________ is to provide an environment in which a user may execute programs.

5. ______________is used for purposes such as holding the program and its data

6. The term_____________ is generally reserved for a machine that is an order of magnitude more powerful than other machines of its era.

7. True or False. Fiberglass can conduct electricity.

8. _______________ 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.

9. A _____________is basically defined as a tool or machine used for processing data to give required information.

10. The _____________is the longest key found on most keyboards and it erases characters at the cursor position or gives blank space when pressed.

11. A _____________is made up of group of instructions to perform a task.

12. The computer hardware are driven by the_______________

13. A _____________ is a collection of related information defined by its creator.

14. The first general purpose programmable electronic computer was the______________

15. The ____________method of data processing involves the use of chalk, wall, pen pencil and the like.

16. An _____________ is a program that acts as an interface between a user of a computer and the computer hardware.

17. ______________ is like laptop computers but smaller in size, although small but comprises all the components of a full system.

18. LAN stands for_______________

19. The earliest PCs were equipped with a CPU from Intel Corporation called the____________.

20. By the 1950s programmers were using a symbolic notation known as ______________

21. 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.

22. The ____________ keys can be likened with the conventional typewriter keys.

23. When the ___________ key is pressed, the capital letters on the alphanumeric keys are activated.

24. The _____________ Key deletes the characters to the left of the cursor when pressed and all other characters to the right of the cursor are shifted one space to the left.

25. The basic types of computer are Digital, Analog and ________________

26. ______________hold data in the form of physical variables rather than numerical quantities

27. A ____________ language is computer dependent.

28. _____________ is one of the greatest threats to computers and computer applications.

29. True or False. EDVAC was able to run orders of magnitude faster than ENIAC.

30. The earliest attempt to build an electronic computer was by J. V. Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State, in

31. The computer system is made up of the ______________and_______________.

32. Eckert and Mauchly developed UNIVAC in ______________

33. The processing unit is made up of the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU), control unit and ______________

34. Computer is fast becoming the universal machine of the ___________century.

35. One of the biggest fears of having computers are ______________

36. ______________ printers have small nozzles that actually spray fastdrying ink onto the page to form characters or images.

37. A _____________ is an organized collection of data that allows for modification taking care of different users view.

38. ______________ counts the data it deals with whether representing numbers, letters or other symbols, are converted into binary form on input to the computer.

39. _____________ Computer measures rather than counts.

40. ______________ scanners look and act more like fax machines.

41. A _____________ is the primary input device for modern computers that feature operating systems with a graphical user interface

42. CPU stands for Central ____________ Unit.

43. A ______________ is a computer program that accepts a source program in one high-level language, reads and translates the entire user’s program into an equivalent program in machine language, called the object program or object code

44. The different categories of personnel that operates the computer are called______________

45. A machine language is ______________ dependent

46. In_____________, Seymour Cray developed the CDC 6600

47. ______________are the series of instructions that enable the computer to perform a task or group of tasks

48. _______________is referred to facts about a person, object or place e.g. name, age, complexion, school, class and height

49. The computer system is made up of the hardware and _____________.

50. A ______________ works by dividing an image into microscopic rows and columns and measuring, like the film in a camera how much light reflects from each individual intersection of the rows and columns.