Most Important Computer Abbreviations Knowledge for the NTS Tests, and all others Jobs and Interviews Test for the Preparations in the Final exams also of MSC and All of others Computer and Information Technology MCQs and short Questions are always asked. In the NTS Test Mostly in this type of Questions are asked.
All of These Words of Computer Science and Information Technology are for the Preparations of Students in the Exams tests..
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| Abbreviations of Computer Information Technology |
Computer / IT Basics For MCQ's Tests
| VDU stands for | Visual Display Unit |
| One kilobyte is approximately | 1000 bytes |
| DOS stands for | Disk Operating System |
| WORD STAR is a popular | Word processing programme |
| WORD STAR was developed by | Micro pro Company |
| PC stands for | Personal Computer |
| ALU stands for | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| The VDU and Keyboard together form a | TERMINAL |
| The speed of the dot matrix printers is measured by CPS which stands for | characters per second |
| The speed of the line printers is measured by LPM which stands for | Lines per second |
| DBMS stands for | Database Management System |
| IBM is a famous computer company.IBM stands for | International Business Machines Corporation |
| ROM stands for | Read Only Memory |
| The actual machine of the computer is commonly known as | Hardware |
| The programs run on the computer are commonly known as | Software |
| All the output which is printed on paper is called | Hard Copy |
| The number of pixels on a computer screen determines a screes’s | Resolution |
| A processor’s speed is measured in | Megahertz |
| A software that assists the computer in performing instructions,is called as | system software |
| CAM stands for | Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| DPI stands for | Dots per Inch |
| DTP stands for | Desk Top Publishing |
| EPROM stands for | erasable and Programmable Read only Memory |
| A magnetic storage disk made out of a thin piece of plastic is called | Floppy Disk |
| A pictorial representation of the step by step sequence for solving a problem is known as a | Flow Chart |
| A measure of storage capacity equal to one thousand megabytes is one | Gigabyte |
| A variable whose value is accessible throughout the program is called | Global Variable |
| A huge,worldwide network of computers that communicate with each other,allowing global communications between users is known popularly known as | Internet |
| KB stands for | Kilobyte |
| LAN stands for | Local Area Network |
| A printer which uses light to transfer the image to paper is the | Laser Printer |
| Memory which retains all its contents even after the power is turned off is known as | Non-Volatile Memory |
| The result that is generated by the computer after processing the information provided to it is known as | Output |
| Electronic mail is more popularly known as | |
| PILOT stands for | Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching |
| PILOT was developed by | Doug Engelbardt |
| IQL stands for | Interactive Query Language |
| LOGO was developed by | Dr.seymour Papert |
| CAL stands for | Computer Assisted Learning |
| APT stands for | Automatically Programmed Tooling |
| `C’language was invented by | Dennis M.Ritchie |
| Modula-2 was developed by | Niklaus Wirth |
| Terminals that have their own memory are called | Smart terminals |
| The memory that needs electric power to sustain its contents is known as | Volatile Memory |
| MOS stands for | Metallic Oxide Semiconductors |
| Dvorak key board was designed by | August Dvorak |
| A simple device which functions as a simpler alternative to the keyboard is the | Mouse |
| Automatic drawing input device is called | Scanner |
| In the second generation computers,magnetic cores were used as | Main Memory Devices |
| LCD stands for | Liquid Crystal Display |
| RADAR stands for | Radio Detection and Ranging |
| RADAR works on the principle of | Echo |
| software-in-Hardware modules are called | Firmware |
| A device by which any microcomputer can use ordinary television set for producing output is called | RF modulator |
| EDSAC stands for | Electronic Delayed Storage Automatic Computer |
| EDVAC stands for | Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer |
| EDSAC was developed in the year | 1949 |
| EDVAC was developed in the year | 1952 |
| ENIAC stands for | Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator |
| The most successful computing device in the ancient time was | Abacus |
| Use of some mechanism for the operation of a machine is known as | Automation |
| Radar contact with the moon was first made in | 1945 |
| Radar contact with Venus was first made in | 1961 |
| A system in which information is displayed on a television screen is known as | Video Text System |
| A modern means of communication in which the information is stored in a computer at a TV station is known as | Teletext |
| Global communication became possible by using | Satellites |
| Morse code was invented by | Samuel Morse |
| The code used in a teleprinter is the | Baudot Code |
| Teleprinter exchange is popularly known as | Telex |
| A device which converts sound waves into electrical waves is called | Microphone |
| AVC stands for | Automatic Volume Control |
| The device used to measure wavelengths of radio waves is | Wavemeter |
| A hollow metallic tube used in place of wire in electric circuits carrying high frequency currents is called | Waveguide |
| An instrument used to measure the intensity of radiations is the | Radiometer |
| An instrument used to measure electrical voltage is the | Voltmeter |
| VTVM stands for | Vacuum Tube Volt Meter |
| A circuit which maintains a constant voltage is called | Voltage Stabilizer |
| SCR stands for | Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
| A device used to increase or decrease electric voltageis called a | Transformer |
| A magnetic tape that records both audio and video signals is called a | Video Tape |
| The first electronic calculator was manufactured in 1963 by | Bell Punch Company,USA |
| MASER stands for | Microwave Amplification by stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| A computer which can handle a large volume of numbers is called a | Number cruncher |
| POST stands for | Power on Self Test |
| POST is a test carried out just after the computer has been | Switched on |
| An index of the files stored on a disk is called | Directory |
| CP/M stands for | Control program for Microcomputers |
| CP/M was developed by | digital Research Inc.,USA |
| MVS stands for | Multiple Virtual Storage Operating System |
| MVS is used in | Mainframe computers |
| The process of starting a computer is called | Booting |
| A group of four binary digits is called a | NIBBLE |
| BPI stands for | Bit per Inch |
| A smart card is a | multifunctional microprocessor |
| LIPS stands for | Logical Inferences Per Second |
| A computerized machine is normally called a | Robot |
| A robot is a machine directed by a | Computer |
| A robot which resembles a human being is called an | Android |
| PL/1 stands for | Programme Language-1 |
| The language PL/1 has combined features of | COBOL and FORTRAN |
| BASIC stands for | Begineers All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| COBOL stands for | Common Busines Oriented Language |
| ALGOL stands for | Algorithmic Language |
| ALGOL was developed in the early 1960s in | Europe |
| COBOL was first introduced in the year | 1961 |
| FORTRAN stands for | Formula Translation |
| FORTRAN was developed and introduced by IBM in the year | 1957 |
| PL/1 was introduced in the 1960s by | IBM |
| COMAL stands for | Common Algorithmic Language |
| BASIC was developed by | John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz |
| SNOBOL stands for | String Oriented Symbolic Language |
| SNOBOL was developed in | 1962 |
| LISP stands for | List Processing Language |
| LISP was developed by | John McCarthy |
| Loud speaker was invented by | Rice Kellogg |
| PROM stands for | Programmable Read Only Memory |
| Two types of RAM chips are | Dynamic,static |
| Data is fed into the computer by first converting it into | Binary codes |
All of These Words of Computer Science and Information Technology are for the Preparations of Students in the Exams tests..
