Lecture 1-2 FOR history

A computer is a machine which can take …

• papers and print documents

• instructions, and perform computations based on those instructions

• instructions

  and repeat the last operation

• instructions to accomplish some tasks expected by the user

Computer programs installed in the computer are called …

• Engineering

• Firmware

• Hardware

• Software

The first technical characteristics of a CPU is a

• Diligence

• The accuracy

• Speed

• Reliability

The computer classification does not include

• Super computers

• Mainframes

• Microcomputers

• Double computers

Most common type of computers in the society are …

• Microcomputers

• Minicomputers

• Super computers

• Mainframes

Which type of computer is used for performing complex scientific and numerical computations such as weather forecasting, fluid dynamics, and etc.

• Mainframes

• Microcomputers

• Minicomputers

• Super computers

The computer hardware is typically divided into four main parts which are

• Printers, Xerox, input and output devices

• Processing Devices, Memory Devices, Input/, Output Devices

• Control Unit (CU) and the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)

• Local, broadband, personal, regional

Two major components of a Central Processing Unit are

• Control Unit (CU) and the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)

• Control Unit (CU) and the Arithmograph and Logic Unit (ALU)

• Processing Devices, Memory Devices, Input/, Output Devices.

• Printers, Xerox, input and output devices

Any data or instructions you enter to the memory of a computer

• Output

• Input

• Display

• Outcomes

The collection of unorganized facts that can include words, numbers, pictures, sounds, and videos is called

• Data

• characters

• Numbers

• Date