Computer Awareness Quiz – 1

first generation began at about 1951 up till the fifth generation as obtainable today. The first generation of computers characterised by the use of vacuum tube technology is generally thought to have begun with the introduction of the first commercially viable electronic digital computer.

The central processing unit (CPU) is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer.

A button found on earlier (386 and 486) PC computers that would increase or decrease the performance of the computer

A cold boot is when you first turn the computer. A warm boot is when the computer has been on and you hit ctrl alt and delete buttons at the same time.

On computers based on transistors commonly referred to as the "second generation", which dominated the 1950's and early 1960's.

A standard key board of computer consist of 101 keys

Charles Babbage, a British Mathematics professor, is regarded as the Father of Computers. He was born in England in 1792 as the son of a rich banker from Devon.

RAM stands for "random access memory." RAM is the temporary data storage in a computer which is accessed directly by the central processing unit (CPU). Computers require RAM in order to process data and run programs.