Master the basics of Computer world, Quizzes of Computer Science

Download Master the basics of Computer world and more Quizzes Computer Science in PDF only on Docsity! Computer GK : Computer Questions and Answers 1. Who invented Compact Disc? Ans : James T Russel 2. Which day is celebrated as world Computer Literacy Day? Ans : December 2 3. Who invented Java? Ans : James A Gosling 4. Longhorn was the code name of ? Ans : Windows Vista 5. Who is known as the Human Computer of India? Ans : Shakunthala Devi 6. What is mean by Liveware? Ans : People who work with the computer 7. Which computer engineer got Nobel Prize for literature in 2003? J.M. Coetzee 8. 'Weaving The Web' was written by..... Ans : Tim Burners Lee 9. What is Beta Test? Ans : Trial test of a computer or software before the commercial launch 10. 'Do no evil' is tag line of ...... Ans : Google 11. First Indian cinema released through internet is ..... Ans : Vivah 12. Rediff.com was founded by..... Ans : Ajith Balakrishnan and Manish Agarwal 13. What is the extension of PDF? Ans : Portable document format 14. Mows is a type of mouse for ........ people Ans : Physically handicapped people 15. Expand RDBMS? Ans : Relational Data Base Management System 16. Difference engine was developed by..... Ans : Charles Babbage 17. Orkut.com is now owned by ...... Ans : Google 18. World's first microprocessor is ..... Ans : Intel 4004 19. What is SQL? Ans : Structured Query Language 20. What is the expansion of COBOL? Ans : Common Business Oriented Language 21. What is the expansion of SMS? Ans : Short Message Service 22. Which IT company's nickname is ' The Big Blue ' ? Ans : IBM 23. What is the full form of IEEE? Ans : Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers 24. Who developed COBOL? Ans : Grace Murry Hopper 25. Email was developed by...... Ans : Raymond Samuel Tomlinson (Ray Tomlinson) 26. Green dam is ...... Ans : Web Filter 27. What is the expanded form of CMOS ? Ans : Complementary Metal Oxide Semoconductor 28. Who is Netizen ? Ans : Net Citizen (Citizen who uses internet) 29. What is Scareware? Ans : Fake antivirus softwares 28. In which year Microsoft Office was launched? Ans : 1989 29. What is meant by Mouse potato? Ans : It means a person who spends too much time in front of a computer. 30. Who wrote 'Just for fun' ? Ans : Linus Torvalds. ( Just for Fun : The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary is a humorous autobiography of Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel) The Great Inventors in Computer Field ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Charles Babbage: The Analytical Engine(1822) Alan Turing: The Turing Machine The English mathematician and computer scientist- provided a platform for formulating the basic concept of algorithm and destined the Turing machine, that was able to test the intelligence of a machine. Konrad Zuse: The Z Series Computers The German engineer, Konrad Zuse, in 1936, invented the first electrical binary programmable computer - the Z1. Z2 and Z3 were also introduced by Zuse in 1939 and 1941 respectively. John Vincent Atanasoff & Clifford Berry: Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) Developed in the war phase of 1942, Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the world's first fully electronic digital computer. The US Army: ENIAC -Financed by the US army and developed by scientists John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly, in 1946, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) is considered to be the first mainstream digital computer ever made. Father of the personal computer - Henry Edward Roberts released Altair 8800 on December 19, 1974 The first laptop or portable computer - IBM 5100 (1975) The first Apple computer - Steve Wozniak designed the first Apple known as the Apple I (1976) Inventors in computer programming and development Dennis Ritchie : He created the C programming language Brian Kernighan : contributed to the development of Unix, He is also coauthor of the AWK and AMPL programming languages. Bjarne Stroustrup : developed C++ programming language. Niklaus Wirth : developed PASCAL programming language James Gosling : Father of the Java programming language. Larry Wall : Developed Perl programming language in 1987. Guido van Rossum : Author of the Python programming language. Richard Matthew Stallman : foundi Free Software Foundation, developing the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs, and writing the GNU General Public License. Bill Joy: co-founder of Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Andy Bechtolsheim. Philippe Kahn : who is credited with creating the first camera phone sharing pictures instantly on public networks. Important founders in the field of Computer Technology Paul Allen : Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation along with Bill Gates, a leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. Bill Gates : William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen. Larry Ellison : Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison is an American business magnate, co- founder and chief executive of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. Larry Page : Lawrence "Larry" Page is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, with Sergey Brin, is best known as the co-founder of Google. On April 4, 2011, he took on the role of chief executive officer of Google, replacing Eric Schmidt. Sergey Brin : Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is a Soviet-born American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who, with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the most profitable Internet companies. As of 2012, his personal wealth is estimated to be $20.3 billion. Steve Jobs : Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc Robert Taylor :Robert William Taylor, known as Bob Taylor, is an Internet pioneer, who led teams that made major contributions to the personal computer, and other related technologies. Paul Baran : Paul Baran was a Polish American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks Vint Cerf : Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf is an American computer scientist, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with American computer scientist Bob Kahn. Robert E. Kahn : Robert Elliot "Bob" Kahn is an American Internet pioneer, engineer and computer scientist, who, along with Vinton G. Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol. Inventors of Computer Hardware (1) Key board — Herman Hollerith, first keypunch device in 1930’s (2) Transistor — John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley (1947 - 1948) (3) RAM — An Wang and Jay Forrester (1951) (4) Trackball — Tom Cranston and Fred Longstaff (1952) 10. Which software application is used for accessing sites or information on a network ( as the world wide web)? Ans : Web browser 11. It is a small piece of text stored on a user's computer by a web browser for maintaining the state. What we are talking about? Ans : Cookie 12. Which company is nicknamed "Big Blue" ? Ans : IBM(International Business Machines Corporation) 13. Which was the first ever web server software? Ans : CERN httpd(later also known as W3C httpd) - was a web server (HTTP) daemon originally developed at CERN , it live on 25 December 1990. 14. The standard protocol of the Internet is Ans : TCP/IP 15. The first web based e-mail sevice? Ans : Hot mail Sabeer Bhatia of India and Jack Smith founded the first free web-based email service, Hotmail, in 1995. Hotmail was commercially launched in 4 July 1996 as "HoTMaiL" on American Independence Day. So why the name HoTMaiL. 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