VDU stands for
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Visual Display Unit
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One kilobyte is approximately
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1000 bytes
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DOS stands for
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Disk Operating System
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WORD STAR is a popular
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Word processing programme
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WORD STAR was developed by
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Micro pro Company
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PC stands for
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Personal Computer
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ALU stands for
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Arithmetic Logic Unit
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The VDU and Keyboard together form a
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TERMINAL
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The speed of the dot matrix printers is measured by CPS which
stands for
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characters per second
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The speed of the line printers is measured by LPM which stands
for
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Lines per second
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DBMS stands for
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Database Management System
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IBM is a famous computer company.IBM stands for
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International Business Machines Corporation
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ROM stands for
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Read Only Memory
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The actual machine of the computer is commonly known as
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Hardware
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The programs run on the computer are commonly known as
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Software
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All the output which is printed on paper is called
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Hard Copy
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The number of pixels on a computer screen determines a
screes’s
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Resolution
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A processor’s speed is measured in
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Megahertz
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A software that assists the computer in performing
instructions,is called as
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system software
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CAM stands for
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Computer Aided Manufacturing
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DPI stands for
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Dots per Inch
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DTP stands for
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Desk Top Publishing
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EPROM stands for
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erasable and Programmable Read only Memory
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A magnetic storage disk made out of a thin piece of plastic is
called
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Floppy Disk
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A pictorial representation of the step by step sequence for
solving a problem is known as a
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Flow Chart
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A measure of storage capacity equal to one thousand megabytes
is one
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Gigabyte
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A variable whose value is accessible throughout the program is
called
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Global Variable
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A huge,worldwide network of computers that communicate with
each other,allowing global communications between users is known popularly
known as
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Internet
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KB stands for
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Kilobyte
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LAN stands for
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Local Area Network
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A printer which uses light to transfer the image to paper is
the
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Laser Printer
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Memory which retains all its contents even after the power is
turned off is known as
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Non-Volatile Memory
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The result that is generated by the computer after processing
the information provided to it is known as
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Output
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Electronic mail is more popularly known as
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E-Mail
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PILOT stands for
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Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
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PILOT was developed by
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Doug Engelbardt
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IQL stands for
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Interactive Query Language
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LOGO was developed by
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Dr.seymour Papert
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CAL stands for
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Computer Assisted Learning
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APT stands for
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Automatically Programmed Tooling
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`C’language was invented by
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Dennis M.Ritchie
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Modula-2 was developed by
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Niklaus Wirth
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Terminals that have their own memory are called
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Smart terminals
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The memory that needs electric power to sustain its contents
is known as
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Volatile Memory
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MOS stands for
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Metallic Oxide Semiconductors
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Dvorak key board was designed by
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August Dvorak
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A simple device which functions as a simpler alternative to
the keyboard is the
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Mouse
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Automatic drawing input device is called
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Scanner
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In the second generation computers,magnetic cores were used as
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Main Memory Devices
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LCD stands for
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Liquid Crystal Display
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RADAR stands for
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Radio Detection and Ranging
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RADAR works on the principle of
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Echo
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software-in-Hardware modules are called
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Firmware
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A device by which any microcomputer can use ordinary
television set for producing output is called
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RF modulator
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EDSAC stands for
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Electronic Delayed Storage Automatic Computer
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EDVAC stands for
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Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
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EDSAC was developed in the year
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1949
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EDVAC was developed in the year
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1952
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ENIAC stands for
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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
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The most successful computing device in the ancient time was
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Abacus
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Use of some mechanism for the operation of a machine is known
as
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Automation
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Radar contact with the moon was first made in
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1945
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Radar contact with Venus was first made in
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1961
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A system in which information is displayed on a television
screen is known as
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Video Text System
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A modern means of communication in which the information is
stored in a computer at a TV station is known as
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Teletext
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Global communication became possible by using
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Satellites
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Morse code was invented by
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Samuel Morse
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The code used in a teleprinter is the
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Baudot Code
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Teleprinter exchange is popularly known as
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Telex
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A device which converts sound waves into electrical waves is
called
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Microphone
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AVC stands for
|
Automatic Volume Control
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The device used to measure wavelengths of radio waves is
|
Wavemeter
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A hollow metallic tube used in place of wire in electric
circuits carrying high frequency currents is called
|
Waveguide
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An instrument used to measure the intensity of radiations is
the
|
Radiometer
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An instrument used to measure electrical voltage is the
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Voltmeter
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VTVM stands for
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Vacuum Tube Volt Meter
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A circuit which maintains a constant voltage is called
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Voltage Stabilizer
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SCR stands for
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Silicon Controlled Rectifier
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A device used to increase or decrease electric voltageis
called a
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Transformer
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A magnetic tape that records both audio and video signals is
called a
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Video Tape
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The first electronic calculator was manufactured in 1963 by
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Bell Punch Company,USA
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MASER stands for
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Microwave Amplification by stimulated Emission of Radiation
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A computer which can handle a large volume of numbers is
called a
|
Number cruncher
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POST stands for
|
Power on Self Test
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POST is a test carried out just after the computer has been
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Switched on
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An index of the files stored on a disk is called
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Directory
|
CP/M stands for
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Control program for Microcomputers
|
CP/M was developed by
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digital Research Inc.,USA
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MVS stands for
|
Multiple Virtual Storage Operating System
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MVS is used in
|
Mainframe computers
|
The process of starting a computer is called
|
Booting
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A group of four binary digits is called a
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NIBBLE
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BPI stands for
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Bit per Inch
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A smart card is a
|
multifunctional microprocessor
|
LIPS stands for
|
Logical Inferences Per Second
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A computerized machine is normally called a
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Robot
|
A robot is a machine directed by a
|
Computer
|
A robot which resembles a human being is called an
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Android
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PL/1 stands for
|
Programme Language-1
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The language PL/1 has combined features of
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COBOL and FORTRAN
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BASIC stands for
|
Begineers All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
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COBOL stands for
|
Common Busines Oriented Language
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ALGOL stands for
|
Algorithmic Language
|
ALGOL was developed in the early 1960s in
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Europe
|
COBOL was first introduced in the year
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1961
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FORTRAN stands for
|
Formula Translation
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FORTRAN was developed and introduced by IBM in the year
|
1957
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PL/1 was introduced in the 1960s by
|
IBM
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COMAL stands for
|
Common Algorithmic Language
|
BASIC was developed by
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John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz
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SNOBOL stands for
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String Oriented Symbolic Language
|
SNOBOL was developed in
|
1962
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LISP stands for
|
List Processing Language
|
LISP was developed by
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John McCarthy
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Loud speaker was invented by
|
Rice Kellogg
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PROM stands for
|
Programmable Read Only Memory
|
Two types of RAM chips are
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Dynamic,static
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Data is fed into the computer by first converting it into
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Binary codes
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