Computer fundamental MCQ Questions and answers- Technical Aptitude

The computer mouse as we know it today was invented and developed by Douglas Engelbart, with the assistance of Bill English, during the 1960's and was patented on November 17, 1970.

While creating the mouse, Douglas was working at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California, a think tank sponsored by Stanford University. The mouse was originally referred to as an "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System" and was first used with the Xerox Alto computer system in 1973.

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Computer memory is of two basic types – Primary memory (RAM and ROM) and Secondary memory (hard drive, CD, etc). Random Access Memory (RAM) is primary-volatile memory and Read Only Memory (ROM) is primary-non-volatile memory.

The document temporarily store in RAM. It is is a part of your computer that it uses while it's powered on. Your computer stores everything that it's thinking about in RAM.

Information travels between components of motherboard through buses.

Columns and Rows. The standard arrangement is categories along the top of columns and records down the rows. For example, stock purchases has categories of date, item, supplier, cost, cash/credit. Then each purchase is entered down the rows.

In most computer systems, a byte is a unit of data that is eight binary digits long. A byte is the unit most computers use to represent a character such as a letter, number or typographic symbol.

The act of production involves the transformation of inputs into output. Production is a transformation of physical inputs into physical output.

Binary choice offers two number 0 and 1, So it gives two choices.

The primary web page that we usually view as the first page at a Web-site is known as its Home-page.

In computing, a pointer or mouse cursor is a symbol or graphical image on the computer monitor. It is shaped like a hand when positioned over a hyperlink.