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Computer Fundamentals → Introduction to Computer 32

Which scientist is called the 'Father of Modern Computer'?
John von Neumann
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Babbage's Analytical Engine was designed to use which input method?
Punch cards
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The first programming language ever was written by?
Ada Lovelace
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Colossus computer was built during which era?
During WWII
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IBM System/360 was revolutionary because?
It was a family of compatible computers
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Moore's Law states that transistor count doubles approximately every?
18-24 months
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The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the first?
Electronic digital computer solving linear equations
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Which generation computers used magnetic bubble memory?
Fourth
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CRAY-1 supercomputer belongs to which generation?
Fourth
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Which generation introduced Client-Server computing?
Fourth
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The term 'Computer Bug' was popularized by?
Grace Hopper
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VLSI technology packs how many transistors on a chip?
Hundreds of thousands to millions
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ULSI in 5th generation stands for?
Ultra Large Scale Integration
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Charles Babbage's Difference Engine was designed to?
Compute polynomial functions by finite differences
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Which generation introduced object-oriented programming languages?
Fourth
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The von Neumann architecture uses how many memory buses?
One shared memory bus
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Which early computer used mercury delay lines for memory?
EDSAC
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The Harvard Mark I was electromechanical — it used?
Electromagnetic relays
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Which Indian scientist contributed to computer development in India?
All of these
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ENIAC could perform how many multiplications per second?
385
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Transistors are made of which material primarily?
Germanium (early) then Silicon
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Apple II (1977) belongs to which computer generation?
Fourth
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Which generation introduced multi-core processors?
Late Fourth/Fifth
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The transistor was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in?
1956
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Jack Kilby received Nobel Prize for IC invention in?
2000
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Which generation computer ran on 110 volts and occupied entire rooms?
First
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Magnetic core memory was invented by?
Jay Forrester
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Which statement about 5th generation computers is CORRECT?
They are based on AI and knowledge processing
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The first laptop computer was?
Osborne 1
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What did ENIAC stand for?
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
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Which generation introduced RISC architecture?
Fourth
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Generation Zero computers were?
Mechanical (Babbage era)
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Computer Fundamentals → Generations of Computer 4

Which generation of computer used GaAs (Gallium Arsenide) chips?
Fifth
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Second generation computers used which high-level language first?
FORTRAN
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Which OS was introduced with third generation IBM 360 computers?
OS/360
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Integrated circuits were invented by?
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce independently
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Computer Fundamentals → Memory Units 3

Which is the world's first stored-program computer that ran a program?
Manchester Baby (SSEM)
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Which country developed the first stored-program computer?
UK
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PARAM Shaktiman is a supercomputer developed by which Indian institution?
C-DAC
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Computer Fundamentals → Internet Basics 1

Which generation saw the rise of the internet and World Wide Web?
Fourth
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