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Computer Fundamentals Important Questions For BCA Students(One Liner)

 Q1. Who is called the Father of Computers?

   Ans  Charles Babbage.

Q2. What is processor speed measured in?

Ans  Hertz (Hz), usually in GHz.

Q3. What are registers?

Ans Small high-speed memory locations inside the CPU.

Q4. What is the full form of ALU?

Ans Arithmetic Logic Unit.

Q5. What is EPROM?

Ans Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.

Q6. What does CD-R stand for?

Ans Compact Disc – Recordable.

Q7. What does DVD stand for?

Ans Digital Versatile Disc.

Q8. What is OCR?

Ans Optical Character Recognition – reads printed text.

Q9. What is OMR?

Ans Optical Mark Recognition – reads marks on answer sheets or forms.

Q10. What is MICR?

Ans Magnetic Ink Character Recognition – used in bank cheques.

Q11. What is a joystick?

Ans  A pointing device used for gaming and simulation.

Q12. What is a digitizer?

Ans Converts drawings into digital data.

Q13. What is a CRT monitor?

Ans Cathode Ray Tube monitor – uses electron beams to display images.

Q14. What is an LCD monitor?

Ans Liquid Crystal Display – flat, lightweight, and energy-efficient.

Q15. What is a plotter?

Ans A device used for printing large-scale drawings.

Q16. What is FAT?

Ans File Allocation Table – keeps track of file storage on disk.

Q17. What is a file?

Ans. A collection of data or information stored on a disk.

Q18. What is a directory?

Ans A folder that organizes files in a computer.

Q19. What is a high-level language?

Ans User-friendly programming language like C, Java, or Python.

Q20 The term “computer” is derived from the word ___

Ans: Compute









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