Computer Science Quiz 08

The first digital computer and what most people think of as a computer was called the_____________.

COMPATE
ENIAC
DIGITAL CALCULATOR

What do we call a person who controls the computer?

Live ware
Programmer
Analyst

What is meant by 'operating system' in computers? Choose from the following options.

Mouse
Keyboard
System software

Early computers used __________ and were large (sometimes room size) and were only found in businesses, universities, or governments.

transistors
vacuum tubes
hard discs

Choose the correct option that tells us for what purpose an input device is used.

To transmit data
To view applications
To process the system

Who sent the first electronic mail and in which year?

Charles Babbage in 1969
Antonio Meucci in 1970
Ray Tomlinson in 1971

What type of software application is Microsoft Word?

Word Document
Word Processor
Word Dictionary

Microsoft Excel comes under the category of ____________.

Spreadsheets
Table sheets
Word sheets

Which one of the following is a large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case?

Ethernet
Driver
Hard drive

What is the abbreviation of LAN?

Local Area Network
B. Least Area Network
Last Affordable Network

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