Answer the following questions and submit them within the due date.
1. Define computers?
2. Why computer is known as a data processing system?
3. What are Data and Information?
4. What are the basic operations of the Computer?
5. Write the applications of the computer?
6. What are the characteristics of computers?
7. How will you classify computer systems?
8. Specify the Electronic components used for different computer generations.
9. Compare the Computer with the calculator.
10. What are the languages used in computer generations?
11. Expand ENIVAC, ABC, EDVAC, EDSAC, and UNIVAC.
12. Who is the father of the computer? Why?
13. Expand COBOL, BASIC, FORTRON, and IBM.
14. Expand IC, SSI, MSI, LSI, and VLSI.
15. What are the components of the computer systems?
16. What are the functions of the input unit?
17. What are the functions of the output unit?
18. What is an ALU?
19. What is the CPU?
20. Define Personal computer?
21. Define the Mainframe computer?
22. Define Mini computers?
23. Define a supercomputer?
24. Define Software?
25. Define Hardware?
26. Define memory?
27. What is a volatile and non-volatile memory?
28. What is the primary memory?
29. What is a secondary memory?
30. What are the components of the computer systems?
31. What are the positional number systems and what is their base?
32. Define (a) Nibble (b) Bit (c) Byte?
33. Define (a) MSB (b) LSB?
34. What is a binary number system?
35. What is an octal number system?
36. What is a hexadecimal number system?
37. Write the binary and octal equivalent of hexadecimal number 7BD?
38. Convert binary number 100110 into its octal equivalent?
39. Find the decimal equivalent of hexadecimal number 4D.C8.
40. Convert hexadecimal number into the binary equivalent of EBC.
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