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Chapter: 1 Introduction to Computers
Q.1. What is Computer?
Ans. Computer is an electronic device that processes data and converts it into
information and gives us results accordingly.
Q.2. What is an ABACUS?
Ans. Abacus, a wooden frame of wires and beads, was made by Chinese about 2000
years ago for simple addition.
Q.3. What is Napiers Bones?
Ans. John Napier created a device using rods to perform arithmetic calculations that is
called Napiers ones.
Q.4. What do you kno a!out "as#a$ine Ca$#u$ator?
Ans. !ascal invented a machine that had a system of gears. Numbers could be entered
and cumulative sums obtained by cran"ing a handle.
Q.%. Who made the &i''eren#e (n)ine?
Ans. Charles abbage designed an automatic mechanical calculating machine that he
called a difference engine.
Q.*. What is Ana$yti#a$ (n)ine?
Ans. Charles abbage constructed a general purpose, fully program#controlled,
automatic mechanical digital computer that is called analytical engine.
Q.+. What is the use o' "un#hed Cards and ho made it?
Ans. $n %&'0, (erman (ollerith developed the first electro#mechanical punched card
tabulator that could read information that had been punched into cards.
Q.,. Who made (N-AC?
Ans. $n %')2, !.*c"ert, John +. ,auchly decided to build a high#speed electronic
computer that is "nown as *N$AC.
Q... What is the modern idea o' Stored/pro)ram and ho proposed it?
Ans. John -on Neumann gave the modern idea of stored#program and according to him
./ata and program can be stored in the same memory. 0hus the machine can
itself alter either its program or internal data1.
Q.10. Write the 1e#hno$o)ies and Computers o' Computer 2enerations.
Ans.
2eneration 1e#hno$o)y Computers
2#% -acuum 0ubes *N$AC 3 4N$-AC#$
2#2 0ransistors $,50'),%)00 6eries
2#7 $ntegrated Circuits 4N$-AC '000,$, 750
2#) ,icroprocessor Apple ,acintosh, $, !C
2#8 Artificial $ntelligence

Q.11. Name the 'irst &i)ita$ Computer?
Ans. $n early %')0s, Ai"en built the first general#purpose digital computer called ,ar"#$.
Q.12. What is a 1ermina$?
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Ans. A terminal is a monitor and a "eyboard connected to a mainframe computer to
build a networ".
Q.13. What is meant !y a 3irtua$ C$assroom?
Ans. $n a virtual classroom, the teacher deliver lecture at its own wor"place while the
students, connected to a networ", may listen to him at their homes. 0hey may put
9uestions and answers are sent to them via email.
Q.14. &e'ine Uni4ersa$ "rodu#tion Code.
Ans. 0he se9uence of lines that is read by a .Bar Code Reader1. 0he price of the item is
stored in this code and these are automatically added to the bill.
Q.1%. &e'ine Computer Simu$ation.
Ans. Computer 6imulation is the use of computer to represent the dynamic responses
of system by the change in behaviors of another system modeled after it.
Q.1*. What is a Computer "ro)ram?
Ans. 0he set of instructions to solve any "ind of problem is called computer program.
Q.1+. &e'ine 5o 5e4e$ 5an)ua)es.
Ans. 0hese languages are 9uite close to the processor but not even understandable for
human being e.g. machine language, assembly language.
Q.1,. &e'ine 6i)h 5e4e$ 5an)ua)es.
Ans. 0hese languages are 9uite close the human languages li"e *nglish language and
far from machine language e.g. :;<0<AN, A6$C, C=C>>, -.
Q.1.. What is an Assem!$er?
Ans. Assembler is a program that translates an assembly language program into
machine code.
Q.20. What is a Compi$er?
Ans. Compiler is a program that translates a program written in high#level language into
machine code. $t reads the whole program before e?ecuting.
ABBREVIATIONS
ENIAC

Elect!"ical N#$eical %"te&at! a"d 'alc#lat!
UNIVAC

("i)esal A#t!$atic '!$*#te

IBM

%"te"ati!"al B#si"ess +achi"e

IC

%"te&ated 'ic#it
LSIC

,a&e Scale %"te&ated 'ic#it

VLSIC

-ey ,a&e Scale %"te&ated 'ic#it

AI

Atificial %"telli&e"ce
PC

Pes!"al '!$*#te
LCD

,i.#id 'ystal /is*lay

ATMs

A#t!$atic 0a"sacti!" +achi"es

UPC

("i)esal P!d#cti!" '!de

Opo!e

O*eati!" '!de
"O#T#AN

1!$#la 0a"slati!"
BASIC

Be&i""es All2*#*!se Sy$3!lic %"st#cti!" '!de

COBOL

'!$$!" B#si"ess Oie"ted ,a"&#a&e

LISP

,ist P!cessi"&) ,a"&#a&e

VB

-is#al Basic
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PDA

Pes!"al /ata Assista"ts

Chapter: 2 Computer Components
Q.1. What is a "ro)ram?
Ans. 0he se9uence of instructions given to computer for manipulating data is "nown as
a program.
Q.2. &e'ine ($e#troni# &ata "ro#essin).
Ans. 0he process of performing arithmetic and logic operations with the help of
computer is "nown as electronic data processing.
Q.3. What is meant !y Computer 6ardare?
Ans. 0he physical parts of the computer that you can touch and feel are "nown as
computer hardware.
Q.4. What is meant !y Computer So'tare?
Ans. 0he organi@ed collections of computer data and instructions are called computer
software.
Q.%. What is -nput Unit o' #omputer?
Ans. $nput unit consists of input devices with which we send data to the central
processing unit e.g. "eyboard, mouse, scanner etc.
Q.*. What is 7utput Unit o' #omputer?
Ans. ;utput unit consists of output devices with which we get results e.g. monitor,
printer etc.
Q.+. What is System Unit o' #omputer?
Ans. 6ystem unit consists of motherboard, microprocessor and the peripherals attached
to it.
Q.,. &e'ine System So'tare.
Ans. 0he programs that are responsible for controlling and managing the actual
operations of the computer hardware are called system software e.g. operating
system.
Q... &e'ine App$i#ation So'tare.
Ans. 0he programs that are used to accomplish tas"s specified by the user are called
application software e.g. word processing, spreadsheet etc.
Q.10. &e'ine the orkin) o' C"U.
Ans. C!4 is called the brain of the computer and the primary wor" of C!4 is to convert
data from input, process the data and giving results accordingly.
Q.11. &e'ine the orkin) o' A5U.
Ans. AA4 is the combination of Arithmetic and Aogic unit and it performs all the
mathematical and logical operations.
Q.12. &e'ine the orkin) o' CU.
Ans. C4 consists of circuitry that generates signals to direct the entire computer system
to e?ecute the programs and controls the flow of information through the
processor.
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Q.13. What is meant !y BUS?
Ans. 46 is the common path that is used to send and receive data and commands to
and from C!4 and memory and all $=; devices.
Q.14. What is &ata Bus in Computer System?
Ans. $t is an electrical path that connects the central processing unit, memory,
input=output devices and secondary storage devices.
Q.1%. What is Address Bus in the Computer System?
Ans. $t carries address information and connects only central processing unit and
memory.
Q.1*. What is Contro$ Bus in the Computer System?
Ans. $t carries control information from the control unit to the other units.
Q.1+. &e'ine Computer Stora)e.
Ans. Computer 6torage is used to store programs and data.
Q.1,. &e'ine 8ain 8emory 9:A8;.
Ans. $t is a type of memory that stores data temporarily and data can be stored and
retrieved much faster than the secondary storage.
Q.1.. &e'ine Se#ondary 8emory 9:78;.
Ans. $t is a type of memory that stores data permanently and data can be stored and
retrieved but not be re#written.
Q.20. What is meant !y "7:1?
Ans. A soc"et that enables an e?ternal device such as printer device to be attached to
the computer.
Q.21. &e'ine Seria$ "ort.
Ans. 6erial port allows s a serial hardware device to communicate with the computer by
transmitting one bit of information at a time such as mouse, modems and
"eyboard.
Q.22. &e'ine "ara$$e$ "ort.
Ans. !arallel port lets an e?ternal parallel device communication with the computer by
transmitting eight bits of data at a time and eight times faster than a serial port.
Q.23. &e'ine USB "ort.
Ans. 46 is a !lug and !lay hardware interface for peripherals such as the "eyboard,
mouse, Boystic" etc.
ABBREVIATIONS
EDP

Elect!"ic /ata P!cessi"&
CPU

'e"tal P!cessi"& ("it

ALU

Aith$etic a"d ,!&ic ("it

CU

'!"t!l ("it
I$O De%ies

%"*#t a"d O#t*#t /e)ices

#AM

Ra"d!$ Access +e$!y

#OM

Read O"ly +e$!y

USB

("i)esal Seial B#s

COM Ports

'!$$#"icati!" P!ts
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P& P

Pl#& a"d Play

Chapter< 3 -nput = output &e4i#es
Q.1. &e'ine -nput &e4i#es.
Ans. 0he devices that are used to enter data and instructions into the computer are
called input devices e.g. "eyboard, mouse, microphone etc.
Q.2. What is a QW(:1> ?ey!oard?
Ans. Ceyboard is the standard input device used to enter te?tual data into the computer.
Q.3. What are A$phanumeri# ?eys on ?ey!oard?
Ans. 0he "eys that are used to input alphabet DA#EF and numbers D0#'F are called
alphanumeric "eys.
Q.4. What are Numeri# ?eys on ?ey!oard?
Ans. 1he keys that are used to input num!ers are #a$$ed numeri# keys.
Q.%. What are @un#tion ?eys on ?ey!oard?
Ans. 0he "eys consist of D:
%
to :
%2
F are called function "eys and these "eys provide
shortcuts for doing routine tas"s on a computer.
Q.*. What are Cursor Contro$ ?eys on ?ey!oard?
Ans. 0hese four "eys are used for moving the cursor from its current position to right,
left, up or down.
Q.+. What is a 8ouse?
Ans. A mouse is an input device that rolls around on a flat surface and controls the
pointer on a display screen.
Q.,. What is a 1ra#k!a$$?
Ans. A trac"ball is a stationary pointing device that wor"s li"e a mouse and contains a
ball e?posed on its surface. $t is mainly used in portable computers.
Q... What is a Aoysti#k?
Ans. Joystic" is an input device used for games, computer aided designs or
simulations.
Q.10. What is a S#anner?
Ans. A scanner is an input device that reads the image present on piece of paper and
transfers the information into a computer where a program can store and interpret
it.
Q.11. What is a 8i#rophone?
Ans. A microphone is an input device used to digitally record audio data such as the
human voice.
Q.12. What do you kno a!out 3oi#e :e#o)nition System?
Ans. -oice recognition system use a microphone as an input device and converts a
persons speech into digital data by comparing the electrical patterns produced by
the spea"ers voice with a set of prerecorded patterns stored in the computer.
Q.13. What is meant !y &is#rete Spee#h?
Ans. -oice recognition applications re9uire each word to be separated by a distinct
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pause to determine where on e word begins and the ne?t stops. 0his style of
dictation is called discrete speech
Q.14. What is a 5i)ht "en?
Ans. Aight pen is a light#sensitive input device shaped li"e a pen. $t is used to draw on
the computer screen or to ma"e menu selection.
Q.1%. What is a &i)ita$ Camera?
Ans. /igital camera is a device that stores images digitally in its memory rather
recording them on film.
Q.1*. What is a &isk &ri4e?
Ans. A dis" drive is a machine that reads data from and writes onto a dis".
Q.1+. &e'ine 7utput &e4i#es.
Ans. 0he devices that are used to receive data and information from the computer are
called output devices e.g. monitor, printer, spea"er etc.
Q.1,. What is a So't#opy?
Ans. An electronic version of a document stored on a storage device is called softcopy.
Q.1.. What is 6ard#opy?
Ans. 0he printed version of an electronic document is called hardcopy.
Q.20. What is a 8onitor?
Ans. $t is an output device that is used to get result in the form of image and te?t in
different colors.
Q.21. What is meant !y reso$ution?
Ans. 0he number of pi?els on the screen e?pressed as a matri? is called resolution.
Q.22. What is a C:1 8onitor?
Ans. A phosphors coated screen with three electron guns on its bac" is called C<0
,onitor.
Q.23. What is a 5C& 8onitor?
Ans. AC/ ,onitor is commonly used in portable computer and it creates images with a
special "ind of li9uid crystal that normally transparent but becomes opa9ue when
charged with electricity.
Q.24. &e'ine 3ideo Contro$$er?
Ans. -ideo controller is an intermediary device between the C!4 and the monitor and
determines the resolution of the monitor e.g. -2A and 6-2A.
Q.2%. What is a "rinter?
Ans. !rinter is an output device that produces hardcopy on the paper.
Q.2*. What are -mpa#t "rinters?
Ans. $mpact printers produce images by stri"ing an in"ed ribbon with a hammer or a set
of pins, pressing in" from the ribbon onto a piece of paper.
Q.2+. What are Non/impa#t "rinters?
Ans. Non#impact printers produce images on paper without stri"ing the page in any way.
Q.2,. What is a "$otter?
Ans. "$otters are used as output de4i#e and print a $ar)e drain) or ima)e9s;.
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Q.2.. What is meant !y C&:?
Ans. A C/< is a drive that allows for recording information to a C/< dis".
Q.30. What is meant !y C&:W?
Ans. C/<+ is a drive that can use both C/< and C/<+ discs. 0hese are the discs on
which old data can be erased and new data can be written.
ABBREVIATIONS
OC#

O*tical 'haacte Rec!&"iti!"

'DD

Hi&h /e"sity /is45Had /is4 /i)e
"DD

1l!**y /is4 /i)e

C#T

'ath!de Ray 0#3e

LCD

,i.#id 'ystal /is*lay

V(A

-ide! 6a*hic Aay

SV(A

S#*e -ide! 6a*hic Aay

LPM

,i"e Pe +i"#te
CAE

'!$*#te Aided Ed#cati!"

CAD

'!$*#te Aided /esi&"

CAM

'!$*#te Aided +a"#fact#i"&

CD

'!$*act /is4
CD#

'!$*act /is4 Rec!de

CD#)

'!$*act /is4 7ite a"d Re28ite9

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