Computing Terminology

What is a computer?

• An intelligent machine

• An analogue electronic machine under the control of a program which processes data leading to a result.

• A digital electronic machine under the control of a program which processes data leading to a result.

• A Tower (hardware) which has software

What are the characteristics of a computer?

• Fast, consistency, accuracy and storage

• Fast, consistency, slow and storage

• Fast, consistency, accuracy and memory

• Fast, gives different results every time, accuracy and storage

What is this diagram?

• Software Diagram

• Hardware Block Diagram

• Hardware Software Diagram

• Block Diagram

What is a software?

• Old dated applications

• Software are soft programs

• Software are programs or applications that operate the hardware.

In how many categories is Software divided into and which are they?

• 3 categories: System Hardware and Application Software

• 2 categories: System Hardware and CPU

• 3 categories: System Software, ALU and Application Software

• 2 categories: System Software and Application Software

Which of the following are examples of System Software?

• Operating System, mouse

• Operating System, Programming Language, Diagnostic Tools Check Disk

• Mouse, Printer, Windows

• Windows, Scanner, Printer

Application software are ______________________________

• programs intended for particular jobs like Word Processor

• programs that are old dated

• programs which do everything

1 bit =

• 1

• 0

• 1 or 0

8 bits =

• 8 bytes

• 8 KB

• 1 byte

1 Kbyte =

• 1024 bits

• 1024 bytes

• 1024 KByte