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Cse Computer Science Engineering

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Provides a means of sharing distributing and searching through documents by converting them unti a format that can be viewed by any user.






2. A set of programs that coordinates all of the activies among computer hardware devices.






3. They consist entirely of electronic components and contain no moving parts.






4. Hardware componenet that enables a computer to transmit and recieve data - instructions - and info to and from computers.






5. Dynamic ram- chips must be re energized constantly or they lose their contents.






6. A web application that combines services from two or more sources creating a new application.






7. Allows you to insert and remove flash memory and other devoces while the computer is running (flash memory)






8. A real time internet communications service where you can talk to people online.






9. Determines the number of bits that can be transmitted at one time






10. A know specific pattern of virus code.






11. A segment in memory in which items are placed while waiting to be transferred from an input device or to an output device






12. Computing device small enough to hold in your hand






13. A network standard that specifies no central computer or device on the network should control when data is being transmitted. Msot popular in LAN






14. A type of system software that allows users to perform maintenence type tasks






15. Extends the capabilites of a browser.






16. Provides the user with a physcial response from the device






17. Program is one that runs the same on multiple operating systems






18. Contains many microscopic pathways capable of carrying an electrical current






19. A server outside the organizations network that controls which communications pass into the organizations network. Screens incoming and outgoing messages






20. Privately owned and limited to a specific vendor or computer model.






21. Facilitates communications - shares hardware - sharing data and info - sharing software - trasnferring funds -






22. Type of system software that allows a user to perform maintenance- type tasks usually related to managing a computer - its devices - or its programs. (transfer photos to an optical disk.






23. An instruction that causes a program to perform a specific action.






24. A device that uses a light source toread characters - marks - codes - and converts them into digital data that a computer can process. Uses optical character recognition and optical mark recognition






25. Rambus inline memory module house RDRAM chips






26. Static ram- faster and more reliable. Dont need to be re energized as often and are more expensive






27. Wireless network that provides internet connections to mobile comouters and devices WiFi - WiMAX - Bluetooth






28. Type of notebook comp that is smaller and less powerful than a normal notebook comp






29. Application software that allows users to access and view Web Pages (Intenet Explorer - Firefox - Safari)






30. An expansion card - a circuit board that enhances functions of a component of the system unit or provides connections to peripherals.






31. A legal agreement that permits users to install the software on multiple computers.






32. Fetching - decoding - executing - storing






33. Faster - higher quality than ink jet. Uses toner that sticks to the page from a combo of pressure and heat.






34. Many scanners have this optical character recognition software which can read and convert text documents into electronic files. Includes a small optical scanner for reading characters






35. Integrates the functions of a processor - memory and a video card on a single chip.






36. Accesses a computer or network illegally but has the intent of destroying data - stealing info - or other malicious actions.






37. Provids mobile users with a secure connection to the company server as if the user has a private line.






38. A collection of data organized in a manner that allows access retrieval and use of that data






39. Electronic funds transfer allows users connected to a network to transfer money from one bank account to another via transmission media






40. Electrical supply drops.can cause data loss but generally not cause equipment damage






41. Health care professions conduct live conferences on the computer






42. A web site that evaluates your comouter to check for internet and e mail vulnerabilities






43. DoS attack is an assult whose purpose is to disrupt computer access to an Internet service such as the Web or email






44. A large expensive powerful computer that can handle hundreds or thousnads of connected users simutaneously






45. Graphic file (JPEG - GIF) slowly replacing GIF






46. Is an online area in which isers have wrtten discussions about a particular subject.






47. Communications device that connects multiple computers or other routers together and transmits data to its correct destination on a network






48. Popular for LAN. single central cable.






49. Links in text based documents






50. Reorganizing it so that the files are store in continous sectors