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SMPS stands for - Switched Mode Power Supply
SMPS stands for - Switched Mode Power Supply
- The device used to carry digital data on analog lines is called as – Modem
- With which two words is the word modem made – Modulate and Demodulate
- 1 Byte = 8 bits
- BIOS stands for – Basic Input Output System
- ROM stands for - Read Only Memory
- RAM Stands for – Random Access Memory
- Who is credited with inventing the ‘C’ language – Dennis Ritchie
- If a word is typed that is not in Word’s dictionary, a ___ wavy underline appears below the word – Red
- The _____ button on the quick access Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent commands or actions – Undo
- In MS - Excel, any set of characters containing a letter , hyphen, or space is considered – Text
- ________ Software allows users to perform calculations on rows and columns of data – Electronic Spreadsheet
- The operating system is the most common type of which software – System
- MS – Word is the most common type of which software – Application
- If a doctor hires a software engineer to develop a software to suit his specific needs such as recording names of his patients, the diagnosis suggested by his, fees charged by him, etc, then which type of software it would be called – Custom Software or Customized Software
- ______ cells involves creating a single cell by combining two or more selected cells –Merging
- A _________ represent approximately one billion memory locations – Gigabyte
- When you quickly press and release the left mouse button twice , you are doing what – Double-clicking
- The horizontal and vertical lines on a worksheet are called – Gridlines
- During the boot process what is it that looks for the system files – BIOS
- What is the ability of an operating system to control the activities of multiple programs at the same time called – Multitasking
- The unique signal, generated by a device, that tells the operating system that it is in need of immediate attention is called an – Interrupt
- The blocks of code, included in the operating system, that software applications interact with are known as - Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
- MS – DOS is which type of Operating System (OS) – Command Driven and Single User OS
- A spooler is a - program that coordinates the print jobs that are waiting to print
- Virtual memory is typically located on – Hard Disk
- The combination of the operating system and the processor is referred to as the computer’s – Platform
- Verification of a login name and password is known as – Authentication
- The definition of thrashing is - A swapping data between virtual memory and RAM too frequently
- The purpose of a swap (or page) file is to - hold a program’s data or instructions in virtual memory when it can’t fit in RAM
- The ____________, stored on a ROM chip, is responsible for loading the operating system from its permanent location on the hard drive into RAM – BIOS
- The BIOS is stored in – ROM
- Ensuring that the essential peripheral devices are attached and operational is the ____________ process – POST
- The memory resident portion of the operating system is called the – Kernel
- Using Windows Explorer, a plus (+) sign in front of a folder indicates - the folder contains subfolders
- What is GUI – Graphic User Interface (where we give commands graphically such as clicking, holding, dragging, dropping, etc.)
- World’s most popular GUI is – Windows and different versions of windows OS
- What is CUI – Character User Interface (Where we give commands by syntax based commands)
- Example of a CUI is – MS DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)
- A process known as ____________ is used by large retailers to study trends – Data Mining
- ____________terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems – POS (Point- of - Sales terminals)
- Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be – proprietary
- ____________ is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do – Artificial Intelligence
- ____________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion – Information
- The name for the way that computers manipulate data into information is called –Processing
- Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to ____________ data –Input
- After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered – Output
- Computers use the ____________ language to process data – Binary
- Computers process data into information by working exclusively with – Numbers
- In the binary language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of – Eight Bits
- The term bit is short for – Binary Digit
- A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a – Gigabyte
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- A ____________ is approximately a million bytes – megabytes
- A component that expands a computer’s input, storage, or output capabilities is referred to as a – Peripheral device
- A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for connecting PCs, workstations, and other devices is called a – Server
- Tower PCs are ____ whose case or main housing sits on a desk, with the –microcomputers
- Users access mainframes by means of a ____, which has a display screen and a keyboard – Terminal
- Tiny, specialized microprocessors installed in “smart” appliances and automobiles are called – microcontrollers
- A system that connects, usually by special cables, a group of desktop PCs and other devices such as printers in an office or a building is called – Local Area Network (LAN)
- The next generation of smaller, faster computers that will fit into a single human cell are known as – Nano-computers
- The process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the system’s hard disk is called – Installation
- What is the main feature of smartphones? – They allows users to make phone calls as well as browse the World Wide Web
- High-capacity computers with hundreds of thousands of processors that can perform more than one trillion calculations per second are called – Supercomputers
- A communications system connecting two or more computers is called a – Network
- Using a user name and password, the ISP will allow the user to connect. What is the correct terminology for this action? – Log on
- What consists of hardware and software and allows voice, video, and data to be communicated over traditional copper-wire telephone lines? – ISDN Line
- ISP Stands for – Internet Service Provider
- An expression for how much data can be sent through a communications channel in a given amount of time is referred to as – Bandwidth
- A set of communications rules for exchanging information is called a - Protocol
- The communications rules or protocols that allow browsers to connect with web servers is – HTTP
- HTTP stands for – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
- The communication rules or protocols that allow browsers to connect with file servers is – FTP
- FTP stands for – File Transfer Protocol
- An automatic email mailing list of people who regularly participate in discussion topics are called – Listserv
- If you wish to be part of an online discussions on a favorite topic of interest, you would subscribe to a – Listserv
- The transmission of data from a local computer to a remote computer is – Upload
- An independently controllable section of a web page is called a – Frame
- The .gov, .com, .net and .edu extensions are examples of – top level domains
- What is ISP? – Internet Service Provider
- With which command is the file named config.sys associated? – with memory management
- What is a hyperlink? – A character, string, picture or anything, clicking on which a website or a new web page is opened
- What a character or a string or a picture, is called, cursor takes shape of a hand, when placed over? – a Hyperlink
- In MS – Word, what is the function of the F7 button? – Checking Grammar related errors in the written text
- Which part of computer is generally called a computer’s mind? – the CPU (Central Processing Unit)
- What is Hacking? – Any unauthorized access and use of data and information
- Which is the best way to make Backup of important files? – By transferring important files to non-working drive (Such as moving files from C:\ to D:\)
- Web-Form is used to – post information on a website’s server
- Which facility Notepad not provides which MS Word provides? – Usage of multiple types of fonts on a single text document
- Which is the most popular medium of making input in CAD? – Joystick
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- Twisted Pair Transmission is – Online Analog Transmission
- While making search in Windows platform, for what character ‘?’ stands for? – single length character
- Winzip is a popular software to – Compress the size of files
- What is true meaning of Backup? – Securing the vital data or information by transferring the data on destination different from the destination of primary source
- What is the process of copying software from secondary storage device to Hard Disk known as? – Installation