Objective General Knowledge 2

Q. Which of the following is not an output device?   1 Plotter   2 Printer   3 Monitor   4 Touch Screen     Ans: 4

Q. Which of the following Devices have a limitation that we can only read it but can not erase and modify it?   1 Tape Drive   2 Hard Disk   3 Compact Disk   4 Floppy Disk     Ans: 4

Q. Which device can understand difference between Data and programs?   1 Input Device   2 Output Device   3 Memory   4 Microprocessor     Ans: 4

Q. Multiprogamming Systems......   1 Are easier to develop than single Programming systems   2 Execute each job Faster   3 Execute more jobs in the same time period   4 None of these     Ans: 3

Q. The simultaneous execution of two or more instructions is called-   1 Sequential Access   2 Reduced Instruction set computing   3 Multiprocessing   4 None of these     Ans: 3

Q. Which Device as used as the standard Pointing Device in a Graphical User Environment?   1 Keyboard   2 Mouse   3 Joystick   4 None Of These     Ans: 2

Q. ...... is a procedure that requires users to enter an identification code and a matching password.   1 Paging   2 Logging on   3 Time-Sharing   4 Multitasking     Ans: 2

Q. An example of Telecommunication device is a -   1 Keyboard   2 Mouse   3 Printer   4 Modem     Ans: 4

Q. A character of information is represented by a(n)-   1 Byte   2 Bit   3 Field   4 None of these     Ans: 1

Q. The Process of writing out computer instructions is known as-   1 Assembling   2 Compiling   3 Executing   4 coding     Ans: 1

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Q. ..... is the process finding errors in software code.   1 compiling   2 Assembling   3 Interpreting   4 Debugging     Ans: 4

Q. If a memory chip is volatile, it will-   1 Explode if exposed to high temperatures   2 Lose its Contents if current is turned off   3 Be used for data storage only   4 None Of These     Ans: 2

Q. The general term 'peripheral equipment' is used for -   1 any device that is attached to a computer system   2 large scale computer systems   3 a program collection   4 other office Equipment not associated with a desktop Computer     Ans: 1

Q. ..... is a set of Keywords, s symbols, and a system of rules for constructing statements by which humans can communicate the instructions to be executed by a computer...   1 A Computer Program   2 A Programming Language   3 An Assembler   4 Syntax     Ans: 2

Q. A ...... contains specific rules and words that express the logical steps of an algorithm.   1 Programming Language   2 Programming Structure   3 Syntax   4 Logic chart     Ans: 3

Q. Codes consisting or Bars or lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer-readable are known as-   1 A bar code   2 An ASCII Code   3 A Magnetic Tape   4 A Light Pen     Ans: 1

Q. Which of the following is the storage area whit in the computer itself which Holds data only Temporarily as the computer processes instructions?   1 The Hard Disk   2 Main Memory   3 The Control unit   4 Read Only Memory     Ans: 4

Q. A collection of interrelated records is called a-   1 Management Information System   2 Spread Sheet   3 Database   4 Text file     Ans: 3

Q. Every Component of your computer is either -   1 Software of CPU/RAM   2 Input Devices and Output Devices   3 Application software or System Software   4 None of these     Ans: 2

Q. Data that is copied from an application is stored in the-   1 Driver   2 Clipboard   3 Terminal   4 Prompt     Ans: 2

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List of top Web Search Engines

A Web search engine is a tool designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. Information may consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files. Some search engines also mine data available in newsbooks, databases, or open directories. Here are the list of some of the famous search engines presents and entertain on web. List includes the year of launch of name of search engine.

Year	Engine	Event
1993	Aliweb	Launch
1994	WebCrawler	Launch
	Infoseek	Launch
	Lycos	Launch
1995	AltaVista	Launch
	Open Text Web Index	Launch
	Magellan	Launch
	Excite	Launch
	SAPO	Launch
1996	Dogpile	Launch
	Inktomi	Founded
	HotBot	Founded
	Ask Jeeves	Founded
1997	Northern Light	Launch
	Yandex	Launch
1998	Google	Launch
1999	AlltheWeb	Launch
	GenieKnows	Founded
	Naver	Launch
	Teoma	Founded
	Vivisimo	Founded
2000	Baidu	Founded
2003	Info.com	Launch
2004	Yahoo! Search	Final launch
	A9.com	Launch
2005	MSN Search	Final launch
	Ask.com	Launch
	GoodSearch	Launch
2006	wikiseek	Founded
	Quaero	Founded
	Ask.com	Launch
	Live Search	Launch
	ChaCha	Beta Launch
	Guruji.com	Beta Launch
2007	wikiseek	Launched
	Wikia Search	Launched
2008	Powerset	Launched
	Viewzi	Launched
	Cuil	Launched
	Boogami	Launched
	LeapFish	Beta Launch

If you are aware with other search engine and want to listed here, please have a comment with the name of search and url.

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Abbreviations associated with Computer

Here are some important abbreviations associated with Computer and web technology. These terms are very basic and general known by many peoples, but aim of sharing here to spread with unaware people.

CDAC : Centre for Development of Advanced Parallel Computing.
C-DOT : Center for Development of Telematrics.
HTTP : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
ROM : Read Only Memory
RAM : Random Access Memory
BIOS : Basic Input- Output System.
MODEM : Modulation – Demodulation.
CAD : Computer Aided Design.
PSTN : Public Switched Public Data Network.
PSPDN : Pocket Switched Public.
RABAN : Remote Area Business Message Network.
LAN : Local Area Network
WAN : Wide Area Network .
MAN : Metropolitan Area Network.
CDMA : Code Division Multiple Access.
GAIS : Gateway Internet Access Service
E-Mail : Electronic Mail.
CD : Compact Disc.
LDU : Liquid Display Unit.
CPU : Central Processing Unit.
CAM : Computer Aided Manufacturing.
CATScan : Computerized Axial Tomography Scan .
COBOL : Common Business Oriented Language.
COMAL : Common Algorithmic Language.
DOS : Disk Operating System.
DTS : Desk Top System
DTP : Desk Top Publishing.
E-Commerce : Electronic Commerce.
ENIAC : Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
FAX : Far Away Xerox.
FLOPS : Floating Operations Per Second.
FORTRAN : Formula Translation.
HLL : High Level Language.
HTML : Hyper Text Markup Language.
IBM : International Business Machine.
IC : Integrated Circuit
ISH : International Super Highway.
LISP : List Processing.
LLL : Low Level Language
MICR : Magnetic Ink Character Recognizer.
MIPS : Millions of Instructions Per Second.
MOPS : Millions of Operations Per Second.
MPU : Micro Processor Unit.
NICNET : National Information Center Network.
OMR : Optical Mark Reader.
PC-DOT : Personal Computer Disk Operation System.
PROM : Programmable Read Only Memory.
SNOBOL : String Oriented Symbolic Language.
UPS : Uninterpretable Power Supply.
VDU : Visual Display Unit.
VLSI : Very Large Scale Integrated.
WWW : World Wide Web.

Some others abbreviations suggested by Mohammed Rafi:

WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network.
Wi-fi – Wireless Fidelity
TIFF – Tagged Image File Format
e-SATA – External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
WiMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group
GIF – Graphics Interchange Format
ATX – Advanced Technology Extended
UATX – Ultra Advanced Technology Extended
FATX – Flex Advanced Technology Extended
MATX – Micro Advanced Technology Extended
EEATX – Enhanced Extended Advanced Technology Extended
DDR SDRAM – Double-Data-Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
DDR RAM – Double-Data-Rate Random Access Memory
GUI – Graphical User Interfaces
CUI – Command User Interfaces

If you know some other terms and abbreviations relted to computer, you can have a comment on the post so that can be added to the list.

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