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What Does BIOS Stand For?
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Answer: Option B
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BIOS stand for Basic Input Output System. It is built-in software. It is the first software run by the computer when you turned on your computer system. This software is usually stored in Read Only Memory (ROM) and located on the motherboard.
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Which of the following is not a storage device?
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Answer: Option D
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Mouse is not a storage device in computer. A mouse is a small hardware input device used by hand. It controls the movement of the cursor on the computer screen and allows users to move and select folders, text, files and icons on a computer.
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Which of these is the first web-based e-mail service?
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Answer: Option C
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Hotmail was the first web-based email service which was founded in 1996 by Jack Smith in Mountain View, California and Sabeer Bhatia of India and headquartered in Sunnyvale. It is now called as Outlook.com.
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What was the first general-purpose electronic computer?
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Answer: Option C
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The first general purpose programmable electronic computer was the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), built by J. Presper Eckert and John V. Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania.
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The term 'Pentium' is related to what?
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Answer: Option C
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Pentium. microprocessor. Pentium, Family of microprocessors developed by Intel Corp. Introduced in 1993 as the successor to Intel's 80486 microprocessor, the Pentium contained two processors on a single chip and about 3.3 million transistors.
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Word BLOG is combination of two words-
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Answer: Option A
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The word blog was derived from the combination of the word web and log. Due care has been taken to ensure that the information provided in Word blog' is combination of two words.
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What is the full form of e-mail?
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Answer: Option C
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Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices. Invented by Ray Tomlinson, email first entered limited use in the 1960s and by the mid-1970s had taken the form now recognized as email. Email operates across computer networks
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Which of the following is not a Search engine?
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Answer: Option D
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Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google in its later years. On 30th June 2014, Google announced it would be closing Orkut on 30th September 2014. No new accounts could be created starting from July 2014. Users could download their profile archive by Google Takeout.
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ROM tells the computer to-
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Answer: Option B
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ROM stands for Read-Only Memory. ROM is a storage device that is used with computers and other electronic devices. ROM is a type of memory circuitry that holds the computer's startup routine. The ROM BIOS tells the computer how to access the hard disk, find the operating system, and load it into RAM.
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A URL is:
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Answer: Option C
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URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, and is used to specify addresses on the World Wide Web. A URL is the fundamental network identification for any resource connected to the web.