Correct Answer : Algorithm
A step-by-step procedure used to solve a problem is called Algorithm. An algorithm (pronounced AL-go-rith-um) is a procedure or formula for solving a problem, based on conductiong a sequence of specified actions.
Correct Answer : Paging drum
Paging drum One form of swapping device used to hold the images of pages no longer held in main memory in a paging virtual management system.
Correct Answer : SIMM
A SIMM (single in-line memory module) is a type of memory module containing random-access memory used in computers from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.
Correct Answer : PDP-1, 1958
The PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) is the first computer in Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP series and was first produced in 1959. It is famous for being the computer most important in the creation of hacker culture at MIT, BBN and elsewhere. The PDP-1 is the original hardware for playing history's first game on a minicomputer, Steve Russell's Spacewar.
Correct Answer : DASD
A direct-Access storage device (DASD) is a secondary storage device in which "each physical record has a discrete location and a unique address". IBM coined the term DASD as a shorthand describing disks, magnetic drums, and data cells.
Correct Answer : stored data is available for reading over and over again in the same order.
Correct Answer : Intelligent terminal
A terminal having local processing capability is Intelligent terminal. A terminal (monitor and keyboard) that contains processing power. Intelligent terminals include memory and a processor to perform special display operations.
Correct Answer : MB
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. Its recommended unit symbol is MB. The unit prefix mega is a multiplier of 1000000 (10⁶) in the International System of Units (SI). Therefore, one megabyte is one million bytes of information.
Correct Answer : Receive TV signals
A monitor looks like a TV set but it does not Receive TV signals.Monitors often look similar to televisions. The main difference between a monitor and a television is that a monitor does not have a television tuner to change channels. Monitors often have higher display resolution than televisions.
Correct Answer : Canned program
