Computer SystemSoftware Questions


• Digital computers are computer are classified into four categories what are they?
Micro Computers, Mainframe Computer and Super Computers
• PC/XT stands for:
Personal Computers Extended Technology
• PC/AT stands for:
Personal Computers Advance Technology
• MIPS is
Million Instructions per Second
• Examples of Mini computer
IBM AS/400/B60, VAX 8842, WIPROGENIUS, WIPRO LANDMARK 860, HP9000 etc.
• In the case of micro computer speed of CPU is:
(1-10MPS)
Speed of CPU in case of mini computer
(20-50 MIPS)
• The program change that makes up the operating system along with associated utility program change, as distinct from an application program is:
System software
• 4GL stands for:
Fourth generation language
• The basics of Internet:
TCP/IP
• A standard protocol that that describes communication between computers, synthesizers and musical instrument:
MIDI
• The main memories have three distinct parts, what are they?
RAM, ROM, Cache
 • Language processing means:
Analysis of source program +synthesis phase
• Language processor consists of two phases. What are they?
Analysis phase and synthesis phase
• The process of recognizing the lexical component in a source string is called:
Scanning
• There are two fundamental approaches to parsing. What are they?
Top Down parsing and Bottom Up parsing
• MDT stands for:
Macro Definition Table
• SST stands for:
Sequencing Symbol Table
• ATP stands for:
Actual Parameter Table
• In compiler, which analyzer convert s the source program into a sequence of atomic units called tokens?
Lexical Analyzer
• Identifiers, keywords, constants, operators, and punctuation
Symbols such as commas and parentheses are typical:
Tokens
• The name of device used for user to computer communications, usually the display and keyboard is called:
Consol
• What is CON?
It is the abbreviation for consol
• CAE stands for:
Computer aided engineering
• CADD stands for:
Computer aided drafting and design
• The leading personal computer software company Microsoft Corporation founded in which year?
1975 by Bill Gates & Paul Allen
• What is Microsoft’s first product?
A BASIC Interrupter for the Intel 8080 up
• Windows 3 was released in which year?
March 1990
• POSIX stands for:
Portable Operating System Interface
• PASCAL was developed by:
Niklaus Wirth
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