(IX) Technical Terms


  1. Computer works with digits and also represents numerals, letters or other special symbols
    Ans: Digital Computer
  2. The combination features of analog and digital machines
    Ans: Hybrid Computer
  3. Packages that makes learning much more interactive
    Ans: CAE (Computer Aided Education)  and CBT (Computer Based Training)
  4. Networks of networks of computers, which links many different types of computers all over the world
    Ans: Internet
  5. The computer that measures physical quantities such as pressure and temperature and converts them to numeric values
    Ans: Analog Computer
  6. The smallest of the computer family that consists of a microprocessor as its CPU
    Ans: Micro computer
  7. The brain of the computer system, which is responsible for activating and controlling the operations of other units of the computer system
    Ans: Central Processing Unit
  8. The nervous system, of the computer that controls and co-ordinates the other components of the computer
    Ans: Control Unit
  9. The memory that acts as a high speed buffer between the CPU and the main memory
    Ans: Cache Memory
  10. The memory of a computer that provides storage for data and instructions on which the control unit and the arithmetic - logic unit operate
    Ans: Primary Memory
  11. The primary memory which is volatile in nature.
    Ans: RAM (Random Access Memory)
  12. The device that are used to receive the input data from the user.
    Ans: Input Device
  13. The devices that are used to get output or information from the computer
    Ans: Output Devices
  14. Volatile memory of a computer system
    Ans: Random Access Memory
  15. An output device which produces hard copy output in paper
    Ans: Printer
  16. An output device which produces audio output
    Ans: Speaker
  17. A device which scans the bar code of any item
    Ans: Bar Code Reader (BCR)
  18. A location in computer memory consisting of eight adjacent bits
    Ans: Byte
  19. Disk storage system consists of a rotating disk
    Ans: Hard Disk
  20. A storage medium from which data is read and to which it is written by laser technology
    Ans: Optical Disks
  21. Combination of four bits
    Ans: Nibble
  22. Range of possible values used in a number system
    Ans: Base of Number System
  23. Number System having base 2
    Ans: Binary Number System
  24. Number System having base 8
    Ans: Octal Number System
  25. Number System having base 10
    Ans: Decimal Number System
  26. Number System having base 16
    Ans: Hexadecimal Number System
  27. Instruct the hardware what to display on the user's screen
    Ans: Software
  28. A person who is involved to prepare a computer program.
    Ans: Programmer
  29. The software created on demand of the user.
    Ans: Tailored Software
  30. A program which is ready to translate into machine language.
    Ans: Source Program
  31. A program obtained after converting into machine language.
    Ans: Object Program
  32. Translates an assembly program into machine label program
    Ans: Assembler
  33. The software which is used to support, improve, expand and secure existing program and data in the computer system
    Ans: Utility Software
  34. The software that looks the entire source code and converts to the machine code
    Ans: Compiler
  35. The system software which controls and co-ordinates all activities of a computer system
    Ans: Operating System
  36. The operating system that runs on the basis of commands.
    Ans: Command User Interface
  37. The language translator which translates one statement at a time
    Ans: Interpreter