Basic Computer Fundamentals
Basic Computer Fundamentals
331. ________ is a device for collecting data recorded as holes in pre-punched cards.
- mouse
- plotter
- badge reader
- light pen
332. ________ is a term pecullar to direct access storage.
- blocking
- bucket
- chaining
- channel
334. A computer assisted method for the recording and analysing of existing or hypothetical systems is _______
- pseudocode
- program stub
- program manual
- none of these
335. _________ is a data field in an index that contains the disk address of a related record.
- bus
- chain address
- operands
- path
336. A subset of characters within a data field is ________
- record
- file
- data string
- bytes
337. A vertically aligned set of tracks on a disk pack is known as ________
- Cluster
- surface
- cylinder
- panel
338. _________ is a storage medium to copy stored data onto another.
- drum
- dump
- critical path
- cybernetics
339. _________ is used to translate data into a coded representation.
- compiler
- interpreter
- modem
- encode
340. ________ is an additional piece of information added to a data item which gives further information about the data item.
- data bank
- flat
- data field
- database