Week 1

Question 1

A set of instructions for a computer to follow

Answer 1

Program

Question 2

The collection of programs used by a computer

Answer 2

Software

Question 3

The actual physical machines that make up a computer

Answer 3

Hardware

Question 4

Three main classes of computer

Answer 4

PCs
Workstation
Mainframes

Question 5

It is a relatively small computer designed to be used by one person at a time

Answer 5

Personal Computer (PC)

Question 6

It is essentially larger and powerful pc

Answer 6

Workstation

Question 7

It is an industrial strength pc

Answer 7

Workstation

Question 8

It is even larger computer that requires some support staff and generally is shared by more than one user

Answer 8

Mainframe

Question 9

It consist of a number of computers connected, so they may share resources such as printers, and may share information

Answer 9

Network

Question 10

Main components of computer

Answer 10

Input devices
Output devices
Processor (CPU)
Main memory
Secondary memory

Question 11

Is any device that allows a person to communication to the computer

Answer 11

Input device

Question 12

Is any device that allows computer to communicate to you

Answer 12

Output device

Question 13

Display screen referred to as

Answer 13

Monitor

Question 14

Keyboard and monitor are sometimes thought of a single unit called

Answer 14

Terminal

Question 15

Terminal composes of

Answer 15

Keyboard and monitor

Question 16

It is where the input stored

Answer 16

Memory

Question 17

Computer’s2 form of memory

Answer 17

Main memory
Secondary memory

Question 18

It is the most important memory

Answer 18

Main memory

Question 19

____ consists of a long list of numbered locations called ____

Answer 19

Main memory
Memory locations

Question 20

A digit that can assume only the values zero or one

Answer 20

Binary digit or bit

Question 21

8 bit is = ___ byte

Answer 21

1

Question 22

The number that identifies a byte is called

Answer 22

Address

Question 23

Is the memory that is used for permanent record of information

Answer 23

Secondary memory

Question 24

Other terms of secondary memory

Answer 24

Auxiliary memory
Auxiliary storage
External memory
External storage

Question 25

Information in secondary storage is kept in units called

Answer 25

Files

Question 26

Main memory is often referred to as

Answer 26

RAM (Random Access Memory)

Question 27

It is the brain of the computer

Answer 27

Processor or CPU (Central Processing Unit)

Question 28

It allocates the computer’s resources to the different tasks that the computer must accomplish

Answer 28

Operating system

Question 29

It is what we conceptualize as the input to the program

Answer 29

Data

Question 30

It is a language that must undergo one simple translation before the computer can understand it

Answer 30

Assembly language

Question 31

Program written in the form of zeros and ones

Answer 31

Machine language

Question 32

A program that translates a high level language to a machine language

Answer 32

Compiler

Question 33

In compiler, the input program is

Answer 33

Source program/source code

Question 34

The translated version produced by the compiler

Answer 34

Object program/object code

Question 35

It is used to mean a program or a part of a program

Answer 35

Code

Question 36

It combines the object code for these program pieces with the object code that the compiler produced

Answer 36

Linker

Question 37

The process of combining code

Answer 37

Linking

Question 38

First truly programmable computer was designed by

Answer 38

Charles Babbage

Question 39

First computer programmer

Answer 39

Ada Augusta