Basic Computer Fundamentals

Basic Computer Fundamentals
281. A thin disk of semiconductor material in which many devices are fabricated at the same time is _______
  • Wafer
  • Cylinder
  • Suface
  • Track
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282. _________ is an element for temporary storage of data
  • RAM
  • Register
  • ALU
  • ROM
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283. Device used with a computer to display or store data is called _______
  • instruction
  • operand
  • peripheral
  • none of these
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284. A VDU generally does not receive input data from a _________
  • input tablet
  • keyboard
  • light pen
  • felt-taping
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285. A group of bits or character is ________
  • word
  • byte
  • field
  • data
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286. The number of bits recorded in a storage unit to code 8-bit bytes and provide for a parity check is ______
  • 16 bit
  • 9 bit
  • 8 bit
  • 32 bit
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287. An _______ is a built-in number that identifies a location in storage.
  • location
  • register
  • address
  • accumulator
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288. The ____ time is the time required to position a head over the proper track on a magnetic disk.
  • Access time
  • Seek time
  • Down time
  • Real time
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289. Several users share the same computed facility is called ______
  • interactive
  • time sharing
  • real time processing
  • none of these
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290. A device which enables computer signals to be transmitted along telephone lines is _______
  • network
  • modem
  • light pen
  • plotter
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