Infotech

An error is also known as

• icon

• cursor

• debug

• bug

Correcting errors in a program is referred to as ____

• modifying

• rectifying

• debugging

• bugging

A ____ shares hardware, software, and data among authorized users.

• transmitter

• network

• protocol

• hyperlink

The person who writes and tests computer programs is called a

• programmer

• project developer

• computer scientist

• software engineer

In a computer, how many bits does a nibble signify?

• 4

• 8

• 16

• 32

The ____ memory is the memory that supplements the main memory.

• permanent

• primary

• physical

• secondary

The instructions are decoded by a processing unit called the _______ that interprets and implements the instructions.

• instruction decoder

• circuit decoder

• software decoder

• program decoder

The keyboard detects the key pressed and generates the corresponding _________ codes which can be recognized by the computer.

• unicode

• bit

• byte

• ASCII

The first generation computers were very _________ to operate and consumed large amount of electricity.

• reliable

• reasonable

• cheap

• expensive

We can mechanically calculate mathematical tables using ___________

• slide rule

• calculator

• Napier's bone

• difference engine