GST103

A. The computer hardware are driven by the_______________

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

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

D. When a computer is switched on and running a program, ____________is used for purposes such as holding the program and its data

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

F. The two most common monitor sizes are ______________

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

H. The _____________method of data processing involves the use of machines such as typewriter, roneo machines, adding machines and the like.

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

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

K. 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.

L. _____________ is referred to as processed data or a meaningful statement

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

N. ROM is the acronym for____________

O. The purpose of an operating system is to provide an environment in which a user may ______________ programs.

P. _______________ 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.

Q. The _____________generation of computer saw the first two supercomputers designed specifically for numeric processing in scientific applications.

R. The first general purpose programmable electronic computer was the______________

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

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

U. WAN stands for____________

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

W. True or False. Fiberglass can conduct electricity.

X. The ______________ranges from the building housing the other elements of the computing system namely the computer and the users, the furniture and auxiliary devices

Y. ______________ scanners look and behave a lot like a photocopier.

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

AA. The ______________ is the primary interface between the user and the rest of the system.

AB. _____________ represent its variable in the form of digits.

AC. In_____________, Seymour Cray developed the CDC 6600

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

AE. OCR stands for_______________

AF. A ______________ is used to create, edit, save and print reports.

AG. The _____________ keypad contains a set of keys required for typing or entering number digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 into the computer store.

AH. LARC stands for______________

AI. A machine language is ______________ dependent

AJ. The _____________ emits the computer’s sound output.

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

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

AM. _______________ is an application mainly designed for numerical figures and reports

AN. A small battery powers a ___________ to keep track of the time when the PC is turned off.

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

AP. A _____________ is a series of coded instructions showing the logical steps the computer follows to solve a given problem.

AQ. The physical components of the computer are called the_______________

AR. The ______________ Key moves the cursor by five spaces to the right when pressed.

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

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

AU. 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.

AV. The mechanical operations are basically ____________in nature.

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

AX. The computer software could be divided into two major groups: System Software and _______________

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

AZ. FORTRAN was developed in the year_____________

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

BB. All the electronic components in a PC are mounted on a piece of fiberglass called the____________.

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

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

BE. 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

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

BG. The Main Frame Computers is otherwise called ______________

BH. Troe or False. Today computer is still confined the laboratory

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

BJ. LAN stands for_______________

BK. True or False. Fiberglass cannot conduct electricity

BL. Computers use disk to store______________.

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

BN. ALGOL was developed in the year_____________

BO. UPS stands for_____________

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

BQ. MSI is the acronym for______________

BR. A _______________ is the unit of work in a system