Computer, Information and Communication Technology:
- A collection of 8 bits is called byte.
- A collection of bits is called byte.
- A computer framed to give various network services is called server.
- A 'file' is a unit of information.
- A megabyte has 106 (million) bytes.
- A processor that collects several data and sends them over a single line is called bridge.
- A program used to browse the web is called browser.
- A small, single-site network is called LAN.
- A website containing periodic posts is called blog.
- An error in software designing which can even cause a computer to crash is called bug.
- An improvement on the ENIAC, which pioneered 'stored program', was made possible with the help of the mathematician John von Neumann.
- Before the 1950s, computers were mostly owned by universities and research labs.
- Binary digits are briefed as bit.
- C++, is a computer language.
- Click and double-click are achieved using the mouse.
- Early computing machines, like the ENIAC, were actually meant to assist the armed forces.
- The printers in pre-1950s were punch cards.
- Famous people, associated with the ENIAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC computers are Eckert & Mauchly.
- http stands for hyper text transfer protocol.
- IBM was provided software for PCs by Microsoft.
- Java, C, ForTran, Pascal and BASIC are computer programming languages.
- Mark-1, Apple-1, and collossus were initial desktop computers.
- Mathematics employed in computers is called Boolean algebra.
- 'Nano' stands for one billionth part.
- 'PARAM' is a supercomputer.
- Pentium 4 (P-4) employs roughly 40 million transistors.
- Starting up on operating system is called booting.
- The 1st commercially produced and sold computer (1951) was UNIVAC.
- The B-programming language was developed by Ken Thompson.
- The device which sends computer data using a phone line is called MODEM.
- The earlier computers, which were massive in size, were based on vacuum tubes.
- The first home computer (1977), which was sold in millions of units was Apple II.
- The first microprocessor was developed in 1971 by Intel.
- The Harvard student, who chose to write computer programs and dropped studies was Bill Gates.
- The number of bit patterns using an n-bit code is 2n.
- The part of a computer that works with the data/programs is called CPU.
- The process of eliminating programming faults is called debugging.
- The term 'micro' (extremely small) denotes 10-6 m.
- The transformation from heavy computers to PCs was made possible using microprocessors.
- The unwanted or non-requested emails are called "spam".
- Time-sharing, teletyping, were associated with mainframe computers.
- To convert a binary number to a decimal, we have to express it in power of 2.
- While cutting and pasting, the cutitem is temporarily stored in the clipboard.
- 'Worm' and 'virus' are actually programs.
- www stands for world wide web.