Computers Flashcards
1
Q
What is a screen buffer?
A
A part of computer memory used by a computer application for the representation of the content to be shown on the computer display. The information in the buffer typically consists of color bit values for every pixel to be shown on the display.
2
Q
Unicode is an expansion of what acronymic American tech standard that dates back to 1963?
A
Unicode is a character set, but it has a lot more characters than its ancestor ASCII.
3
Q
What early high-level computer programming language, an all-purpose symbolic instruction code aimed at beginners, was developed in 1964 at Dartmouth College by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz?
A
BASIC
