Monday, October 30, 2000		Compuquiz-3

1.Why do you need to Debug a computer ?

2.What does DOS command Deltree does ?

3.What is a Digitiser ?

4.What does DMP stand for ?

5.What is a Doc file in terms of word processing ?

6.What does the term Drag and Drop mean ?

7.What is a Dual Boot computer ?

8.Name the last logical hard disk drive designator on a IBM or IBM compatible computer ?

9.What is the full form of DPI ?

10.Which 12 DOS commands let you do almost everything and are known collectively as DOS Dozen ?

Answers to Compuquiz— 1

1.Prof John Vincent Atanasoff and his student Clifford Berry.

2.Ada Lovelace, the Countess of Lovelace and mathematician.

3.Adobe Type Manager.

4.A form of File Transfer Protocol which allows any user to access a restricted set of files without authentication on the Internet.

5.Charles Babbage (1792-1871)

6.J. M. E. Baud

7.Big Blue - derived from the blue covers on most of its earlier mainframes.

8.A binary digit (0 or 1). The smallest unit used by a printer or a computer.

9.Windows graphics format that may be device dependent or independent.

10.Virus written into the boot sectors of a floppy disk. If the floppy is booted it infects the system.

The winners for Compuquiz I are:

1) Gurdas Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana

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