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Q251
A device attached to a terminal which accepts the handset of a standard telephone is ________
  • A light pen
  • B acoustic couple
  • C plotter
  • D magnetic-ink character
Answer: Option B
Q252
A generalised software package produced to meet the bugs of a variety of data processing users is _______
  • A utility programs
  • B system software
  • C operating system
  • D application package
Answer: Option D
Q253
Any storage device added to a computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is _________
  • A floppy disk
  • B hard disk
  • C backing store
  • D punched card
Answer: Option C
Q254
Codes consisting of light and dark marks which may be optically read is ________
  • A mnemonics
  • B bar code
  • C decoder
  • D none of these
Answer: Option B
Q255
a path by which communication is achieved between a central processor and other devices is _____
  • A audit trail
  • B network
  • C bus
  • D channel
Answer: Option C
Q256
The term used to denote the combination of hardware devices used to make a computers system is _______
  • A configuration
  • B control unit
  • C register unit
  • D CPU
Answer: Option A
Q257
The period during which a computer is inoperable due to mechanical or other failure is ________
  • A access time
  • B downtime
  • C seek time
  • D real time
Answer: Option B
Q258
________ acts as its own interface between a host PROCESSOR and the network.
  • A distributed processing
  • B direct access storage device
  • C front-end processor
  • D none of these
Answer: Option C
Q259
The main computer in a network is ______
  • A host processor
  • B front-end processor
  • C commentator
  • D KIPS
Answer: Option A
Q260
A computer peripheral that prints one line of output at a time is ________
  • A dot matrix printer
  • B daisy wheel printer
  • C line printer
  • D serial printer
Answer: Option C

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