Monday, June 3, 2002		Compuquiz

Compuquiz — 86

1.What is Apple Computer's version of the high-performance serial bus used to connect devices to your personal computer?

2.What do we call a set of ANSI parallel interfaces that allows personal computers to communicate with peripheral hardware?

3.On a PC, your printer is usually attached through a parallel interface and cable, but your keyboard and mouse are connected through what kind of interface?

4.Name the interconnection system between a microprocessor and attached devices in which expansion slots are spaced closely for high-speed operation.

5.What is the term for technologies in which human neural activity or states would effectively be an input peripheral for a computer?

6.Name the high-bandwidth interface between a computer and a hard disk or a tape device. The latest version of this interface supports RAID.

7.Name the plug-and-play interface that allows you to add a new device such as a scanner or printer to your computer without having to add an adapter card or even having to turn the computer off.

8.Name the microchip with programming that controls a computer's interface to its attached serial devices.

9.Which screen is attached externally to a monitor, that plugs into a serial or Universal Serial Bus (USB) port or a bus card installed inside the computer.

10.What is the designation for electronics standard for connecting devices to your personal computer?

1.Cell of origin

2.Code division multiple access

3.Handoff

4.Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition

5.Bluetooth

6.Silicon cockroach

7.Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

8.Crusoe

9.Phantom dialing

10.Infrared transmission

1. M. Manian, Delhi

2. Rohit Anand, Panipat

3. Tej Singh Thakur, Shimla

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