Prelim Flashcards
A small computer designed for use by an individual.
Personal Computer
A collective reference to all interconnected computing hardware, including processors, storage devices, input/output devices and communication equipment.
Computer System
UNIVAC stands for?
UNIVERSAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER
A computer that is designed to handle large amount of data.
Business Computer
It is very good in digesting data and producing information.
Computer
Who created the Napier Bones?
JOHN NAPIER
Hardware component that enables a computer to send and receive data, instructions, and information.
Communication Devices
Hardware that conveys information to one or more people.
OUTPUT DEVICE
Who is the first programmer?
LADY ADA AUGUSTA BYRON LOVELACE
A computer that operates on data expressed as a continuously changing representation of a physical variable.
Analog Computer
The third generation of computers?
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Who introduced the Z3 machine?
KONRAD ZUSE
Records and retrieves items to and from a storage medium.
STORAGE DEVICE
A category of computer that includes the largest and most powerful computers.
Super Computers
The first generation of computers?
VACUUM TUBES
Knowledge and ability to use computers and related technology efficiently, with skill levels ranging from elementary use to computer programming and advanced problem solving.
Computer Literacy
Who developed the UNIVAC 1 compiler?
Dr. Grace Murray Hopper
Types of servers
Midrange, Mainframe, Supercomputer
Magazine that chose the computer instead of a person to be its “Machine of the Year.
TIME MAGAZINE
In 1959 this computer was installed at the Bureau of Lands.
IBM 650
A device that accepts information (in the form of digitalized data) and manipulates it for some result based on a program, software, or sequence of instructions on how the data is to be processed.
COMPUTER
IBM stands for?
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE
A special-purpose computer that functions as a component in a larger product.
Embedded Computers
Who invented the first microprocessor, 4004?
TED HOFF
Who used punch cards to automate a weaving loom
JOSEPH MARIE JACQUARD
Collection of computers and devices connected together.
NETWORK
A machine that specializes in counting.
Digital Computer
CPU consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions.
True or False
True
Consists of a series of instructions that tells the computer what to do
SOFTWARE
Computers that are used when billions or even trillions of calculations are needed.
Super Computers
BASIC stands for?
BEGINNERS ALL PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE
Storage is not one of the elements of information systems.
True of False
True
1st private computer installation in PhilAmLife Insurance Company
IBM 1401
Someone who develops application or system software.
PROGRAMMER
The Atari Company invented the first commercially successful coin-operated video game called _____.
PONG
A computer that has an ultimate system sophistication, flexibility, and speed.
Large Computer
ATM stands for?
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE
Computer accepts data and process information into data.
True or False
False
Who is the Father of Computer?
CHARLES P. BABBAGE
A computer that is designed to perform one specific task.
Special-Purpose Computer
The first counting mechanism?
ABACUS
NCR 315 was used by what bank as the 1st to implement on-line banking applications.
Philippine National Bank
It provides faster operating speeds and larger storage capacities than microcomputer systems.
Minicomputer
A client manages the resources on a network.
True or False
False
Who invented the Vacuum Tubes?
Lee de Forest
An early analog computer invented by William Ougthred.
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