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KERALA PSC / COMPUTER / SUPER COMPUTER / OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY /
NOTES
·
Father
of Super Computer: Symur Cray
·
Father
of Indian Super Computer: Dr. Vijay B.Bhatnagar
·
The
famous Super Computers are Blue gene, Earth Simulator etc…
·
Super
Computer in India Param 10000, Param Padma, EKa etc…
·
EKA
is used in Nano technology and Data Mining
·
A
website containing periodic posts is called blog
·
While
cutting and pasting, the cut item is temporarily stored in the clipboard
·
http
stands for hypertext transfer protocol
·
The
unwanted or non-requested emails are called “spam”
·
A
computer framed to give various network services is called server
·
The
new processor introduced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is Athalon
·
Divine
Logic is a software that
prevents piracy
·
Divine
Logic has been developed by Shaju Chacko, a native of Kottayam
·
A
new super computer built by IBM can perform 12.3 trillion operations per
second.
·
New
version of Microsoft office automation software – Office 2007
·
Internet
explorer software DOS (Disc Operating System) was developed by Tim
Patterson in Microsoft.
·
Paul
Brainard developed the
publishing software pagemaker
·
Philipcan
invented camera
phone
·
Founder
of Satyam Technologies: Ramalingaraju
·
Computer
chess was discovered by: Citric G.Prince
·
Simputer
was discovered by: Vinay Despandey
·
First
E.Paper: The – Thejith (from Belgium)
·
ATM
system was first launched in London in the year 1967
·
Powered
by Intellect driven by values: Infosys motto
·
Intel
4004: First
microprocessor
·
December
2: World Computer
literacy day
·
E-seva:
E Governance
programme launched in Andhra Pradesh.
·
E-governance
programme launched in Karnataka ‘Mahiti’
·
Archie:
(Anonymous FTP) It
is considered to be the first internet search engine allowing people to find
specific files.
·
Operating
systems used in personal computers: Windows-98, 95, Dos Apple Mac
·
Latest
Search Engine: Altavista
·
Online
free encyclopedia: Wiki Pedia (introduced by Jimmi Wales)
·
New
version of Microsoft operating system: Windows 7
·
Main
Googles are:
Ø
Google
Earth
Ø
Google
Book Search
Ø
Google
Blog Search
Ø
Google
Talk
Ø
Google
Scholar
Ø
Google
Malayalam
·
Travel
Search Engine in India- WWW.godo.com (90⁰.com)
·
Electronic
money: Cyber cash, Digital cash, E-cash
·
The
first book on personal computers ‘Computer Liberation and Dream Machine’, was
written by Ted Nelson
·
First
Super Computer reached teraflopp speed – Asky Red
·
Google’s
browser plug-ins that runs web applications when online or offline: Google
Gears
·
Google’s
image editing software: Picasa
·
India’s
1st IT company with 100 crore Turn over Infosys
·
The
basic architecture of computer was developed by John Von Neumann
·
In
the history of computer the fifth generation was started in 1980
·
Wordpad
is a simple word
processing program
·
Laser
Printer was first introduced by IBM
·
The
study of creating an efficient, comfortable, and healthy workplace while
working on a computer is called Ergonomics
·
A
computer which links several PCs together in a network is called a Server
·
Ethernet
is also known as 802.3
·
GUI
stands for Graphical User Interface
·
JPG
stands for Joint
Photographic Expert Group
·
MPEG
stands for Motion
Picture Expert Group
·
Multimedia:
A combination of
media types in single document such as text, graphics, audio and video
·
Screensaver,
virus checkers, PDF viewers, image viewers and system tool like disk
defragmenter can be categorized into Utility software
·
The
smallest component of an image that can be transmitted or received in a video
display system is known as Pixel
·
The
process of making an object appear to have a movement is called Animation
·
In
an electronic spreadsheet, intersection of a column and a row is called Cell
·
A
program that searches the Internet for Specified keywords and returns a list of
the documents where the keywords were found Search Engine
·
The
first world wide web information service in India was launched on January 14,
1995
·
A
browser is A piece of software that acts as an interface between the user and
the inner workings of the internet
·
IP
Address is the address
given to a computer connected to a network
·
A
host on the Internet finds another host by its IP address
·
In
reality, Internet protocol recognizes only An IP address
·
The
server on the internet is also known as a Gateway
·
For connection of the Internet, you will need an
ISP
·
The
first page that you normally view at a Web site its Home page
·
The
communication protocol used by internet is TCP/IP
·
Optical
Fibre Cable can transmit
data at high speeds
·
The
first network that planted the seeds of internet was ARPANET
·
In
MS Word, RTF stands for Rich Text Format
·
The
physical devices of a computer system are called as Hardware
·
The
first UNIX operating system was written in the Assembly Language
·
BIOS
stands for Basic Input / Output System
·
Laser
technology is used
in Compact disks
·
The
information stored in CD-ROM is in the form of Digital.
·
Hard
disk is organized as Cylinders and Tracks
·
Floppy
disks are organized as Tracks and sectors
·
The
earliest calculating device are Abacus
·
Machine
language is known as the
first generation of computer languages
·
High
level languages are third generation computer language
·
The
first real mechanical calculating machine is Pascaline
·
The
first programmabhle machine ever designed is Analytical Engine
·
The
Difference Engine, which actually worked was made by Charles Babbage
·
First
commercial computer is called UNIVAC
·
A
personal computer is a type of Micro computer
·
Laptop and Palmtop are portable computers run by
rechargeable batteries
·
A
computer language also known as Programming Language consists of symbols
and characters used to give instructions to a computer.
·
The
language of numbers is called Machine language
·
The
language of binary numbers is known as Machine language
·
Disk
defragmenter really
rearranges the files on your hard disk so that the hard disk space is properly
utilized. More space becomes available and hard disk works faster.
·
All
computers are based on the binary system
·
Binary
system is based on zero and one
·
Deep
Blue is the computer
which defeated Gary Kasparov at Class
·
Deeper
Blue is the new version of “Deep Blue” computer, which finds its application in
the medical field.
·
The
Internet is the ubiquitous online medium that connects all users worldwide. ‘Internet
Explorer’ is internet browsing software of Microsoft.
·
New
version of internet browser is Mozilla Firefox
·
The
Intranet is a restricted version of the internet within a group of
users. The Extranet is a closed online connecting two or more
organizations.
·
IP
Address: (Internet
Protocol) The number or name of the computer from which you send and receive
information on the internet.
·
E-Mail
(Electronic Mail):
A way to send text based messages and files to any computer with an address on
internet
·
Email
was introduced by Ray Tomilson
·
First
message that sent through the Email was ‘QWERTYULOP’
·
The
largest Computer Network in the world: Internet
·
Surfing
is the process of
visiting a number of websites in rapid succession.
·
Uniform
Resources Locator (URL) is
an electronic address that identifies a website.
·
World
Wide Web is simply a vast
collection of information bearing documents resident on the computers connected
by the Internet.
·
The
first world wide web information service in India was launched on January 14,
1995. Originally it can link 160 countries through the international network of
computers.
·
Tim
Berners Lee is the
inventor of World Wide Web.
·
Nikalus
Writh is the creator of PASCAL language
·
‘C’
Language is created by Dennis M. Ritchie at Bell Telephone Laboratories for the
use of UNIX Operating system.
·
HTML:
The type of text code in hypertext markup language which, when embedded in a
document, allows that document to be read and distributed across the internet.
·
HTTP:
The Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (http) that enables html document to be read
on the internet.
·
Visual
Basic: One of the popular
graphical user interface programming language
·
COMPILER: is a translatory program which translates the high
level language into machine language before running the program.
·
MICROFILM: is a medium used for recording computer output data,
reduced in size and data stored on film to be read by a display device.
·
A
file is a collection of related records that are treated as single unit. The
size of file is limited by the size of memory or storage medium.
·
Programme
150 is the first Robert developed by C-DAC
·
Computerized
reservation of Indian railway Consert
·
CAT
(Computerized
Auxial Tomography) is in medical field.
·
The
first village to have its own website – Hansdehar village in Jind District of
Haryana
·
‘Information
Kerala Mission’ is a project recently taken up by the Government of Kerala
·
First
Technopark in India is in Trivandrum
·
IT
Act was enacted in 2000
·
The
first internet movie Heart Beat
·
HDFC,
the first Bank to get online Banking facility
·
1st
IT University of India: JP University
·
HEC-2M
was the first computer installed in India in Kolkata in 1955
·
The
first computer graphics used movie: TRON (1982)
·
The
first film which uses the morphing – WILLOW
·
The
first computer magazine – ‘Computers and Automation’ first published by Edmund
Berkely in 1950
·
The
first book on personal Computers ‘Computer Liberation and Dream Machine’, was
written by Ted Nelson.
·
The
first real time computer – ‘Whirlwind’ built in 1951, it was employed to
keep tabs on flying aircraft.
·
The
first computer that was employed for performing statistical calculations – Hollerith’s
Tabulator (It was employed by the US census to conduct its studies
regarding the American population)
·
The
first computer game – ‘Space War’
·
Patapon – 2 is a computer game released in
2009
·
Computer
Video game was invented by Steve
·
Father
of Video games Ralph Baer
·
The
first Super Computer installed in India – Cray X-MP – 14 (Made in USA)
·
India’s
first private Internet Service Provider (ISP) – Satyam Infoway Ltd
·
The
first computer animated news reader – ANANOVA (Russia)
·
The
first all electronic and general purpose electronic digital computer – ENIAC
(Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator)
·
The
first Personal Computer – The Altair (1975) 8800
·
First
generation electronic computers were built with vacuum tubes.
·
The
second generation computers were built with semiconductors
·
The
third generation computers used integrated circuits
·
The
fourth generation computer use Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
normally called ‘Miracle Chips’.
·
The
fifth generation computers (present day) use artificial intelligence
·
In
1822 Charles Babbage made the first difference engine and in 1832 the first
analytical engine which are the true predecessors of computer
·
The
first electronic computer which could store programs in the memory ‘EDVAC’ (Electronics
Discrete Variable Computer) was invented by John Von Neumann in 1945
·
In
1945 John W. Mauchly and John Presper Eckert invented the first digital
computer ‘ENIAC’ (it could not store programs)
·
Maruan
Edward ‘Ted Hoff, Stanley Mazor and Federico Faggin designed the first microprocessor
·
Transistor
was invented by John Bardeen, Water Brattain and William Shockley
·
James.T.Russell
invented the
Compact Disc
·
The
first book on personal computers ‘Computer Liberation and Dream Machine, was
written by Ted Nelson
·
‘Harvard
Mark I’ computer designed by Howard Alken is the first digital computer.
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