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The result that is generated by the computer after processing the information provided to it is known as? |
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Output |
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Electronic mail is more popularly known as? |
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E-Mail |
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PILOT stands for? |
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Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching |
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PILOT was developed by? |
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Doug Engelbardt |
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IQL stands for? |
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Interactive Query Language |
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LOGO was developed by ? |
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Dr. Seymour Papert |
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CAL stands for? |
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Computer Assisted Learning. |
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APT stands for? |
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Automatically Programmed Tooling |
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'C' language was invented by? |
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Dennis M. Ritchie |
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Modula-2 was devebped by? |
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Niklaus Wirth |
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Terminals that have their own memory are called? |
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Smart terminals |
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The memory that needs electric power to sustain its contents is known as? |
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Volatile Memory |
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MOS stands for? |
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Metallic Oxide Semiconductors |
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Dvorak key board was designed by? |
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August Dvorak |
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A simple device which functions as a simpler alternative to the keyboard is the? |
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Mouse |
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Automatic drawing input device is called? |
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Scanner |
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In the second generation computers, magnetic cores were used as? |
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Main Memory Devices |
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LCD stands for? |
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Liquid Crystal Display |
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RADAR stands for? |
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Radio Detection and Ranging |
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RADAR works on the principle of? |
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Echo |
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Software-in-Hardware modules are called ? |
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Firmware |
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A device by which any microcomputer can use ordinary television set for producing output is called? |
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RF modulator |
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EDSAC stands for? |
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Electronic Delayed Storage Automatic Computer |
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EDVAC stands for? |
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Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer |
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EDSAC was developed in the year? |
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1949 |
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EDVAC was developed in the year? |
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1952 |
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ENIAC stands for? |
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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator |
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The most successful computing device in the ancient time was? |
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Abacus |
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Use of some mechanism for the operation of a machine is known as? |
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Automation |
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Radar contact with the moon was first made in? |
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1945 |
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Radar contact with Venus was first made in? |
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1961 |
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A system in which information is displayed on a television screen is known as? |
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Video Text System |
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A modern means of communication in which the information is stored in a computer at a TV station is known as? |
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Teletext |
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Global communication became possible by using? |
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Satellites |
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Morse code was invented by? |
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Samuel Morse |
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The code used in a teleprinter is the? |
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Baudot Code |
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Teleprinter exchange is popularly known as? |
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Telex |
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The degree of exact replication of the input wave form at the output is called? |
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Fidelity |
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A device which converts sound waves into electrical waves is called? |
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Microphone |
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AVC stands for? |
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Automatic Volume Control |
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Lowest region of the ionosphere which exists only during daylight is called ? |
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D-Layer |
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The region of ionised gas in the ionosphere which reflects medium frequency radiations is called ? |
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E-Layer |
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The region of ionised gas in the ionosphere which is useful for long range radio communications is called? |
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F-Layer |
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Ionised region of the upper atmosphere is known as? |
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Ionosphere |
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The device used to measure wavelengths of radio waves is? |
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Wavemeter |
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A hollow metallic tube used in place of wire in electric circuits carrying high frequency currents is called? |
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Waveguide |
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An instrument used to measure the intensity of radiations is the? |
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Radiometer |
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An instrument used to measure electrical voltage is the? |
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Voltmeter |
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VTVM stands for? |
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Vacuum Tube Volt Meter |
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A circuit which maintains a constant voltage is called? |
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Voltage stabilizer |
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Field-efficient transistor was designed by? |
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Steven Hofstein |
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SCR stands for? |
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Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
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A device used to increase or decrease electric voltage is called a? |
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Transformer |
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An electronic device having two plates separated by an insulating material is called a? |
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Capacitor |
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Combining a signal with a carrier wave is known as? |
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Modulation |
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Morse code was devised in the year?
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1938 |
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A magnetic tape that records both audio and video signals is called a? |
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Video Tape |
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The first electronic calculator was manufactured in 1963 by? |
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Bell Punch Company, USA |
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Electric currents induced in a conductor by a varying magnetic field are called? |
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Eddy currents |
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A machine used for healing of damaged tissues by means of energy contained in microwaves is? |
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Diapulse machine |
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The study of interaction between matter and microwaves is? |
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Microwave spectroscopy |
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MASER stands for? |
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Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
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Boolean logic was developed by? |
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George Boole. |
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A computer which can handle a large volume of numbers is called a? |
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Number cruncher |
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POST stands for? |
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Power On Self Test. |
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POST is a test carried out just after the computer has been? |
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Switched on |
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An index of the files stored on a disk is called? |
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Directory |
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CP/M stands for? |
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Control Program for Microcomputers |
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CP/M was developed by? |
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Digital Research Inc., USA |
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MVS stands for? |
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Multiple Virtual Storage Operating System |
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MVS is used in? |
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Mainframe computers |
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The process of starting a computer is called? |
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Booting |
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A group of four binary digits is called a? |
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NIBBLE |
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BPI stands for? |
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Bit Per Inch |
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A smart card is a ? | |
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multifunctional microprocessor |
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LIPS stands for? |
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Logical Inferences Per Second |
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A computerized machine is normally called a? |
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Robot |
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A robot is a machine directed by a? |
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Computer |
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A robot which resembles a human being is called an? |
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Android |
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PL/1 stands for? |
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Programme Language-1 |
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The language PL/1 has combined features of? |
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COBAL and FORTRAN |
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BASIC stands for? |
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Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
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COBAL stands for? |
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-Common Business Oriented Language |
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ALGOL Stands for? |
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Algorithmic Language |
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ALGOL was developed in the early 1960s in? |
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Europe |
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COBAL was first introduced in the year? |
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1961 |
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FORTRAN stands for? |
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Formula Translation |
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FORTRAN was developed and introduced by IBM in the year? |
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1957 |
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PL/1 was introduced in the 1960s by? |
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IBM |
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COMAL stands for? |
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COmmon Algorithmic Language |
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BASIC was developed by?
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John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz |
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SNOBOL stands for? |
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String Oriented Symbolic Language |
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SNOBOL was developed in? |
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1962 |
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LISP stands for? |
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List Processing |
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LISP was developed by? |
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John McCarthy |
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The world's first robo-priest started functioning in? |
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Japan |
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Loud speaker was invented by?
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Rice Kellogg
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PROM stands for? |
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Programmable Read Only Memory |
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Two types of RAM chips are..........and? |
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Dynamic, static |
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Data is fed into the computer by first converting it into? |
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Binary codes |