Frequently Asked Questions About the Computer in the Exams

• December 2 is observed as Computer Literacy Day.
• India has announced New Computer Policy in 1984.
• First Computer (Made in India ) is 'Siddharth' which was manufactured by Electronics Corporation of India.
• First Computer in India was installed in the Main post office of Bangalore on August 16, 1986.
• First pollution free computerized petrol pump of India is in Mumbai.
• First Computer University (in private sector) in India is Rajeev Gandhi Computer Unversity.
• Bangalore (now Bengaluru) is also known as the Silicon Valley of India.
• First Indian News Paper to be available on the Internet is 'The Hindu'.
• First Indian Political Party which has created its website on the Internet is 'Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)'.
• Mainly there are three types of computer, Digital, Analog and Hybrid.
• The first supercomputer of the world is CRAY K-1-S, developed by Cray K Company of U.S.A.
• 'Deep Blue' is a super computer which has defeated World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. This super computer is able to do the work equivalent to the work of 32 computers and can think 20 crore steps of chess in second.
• First Electronic Digital Computer of the World is 'ENIAC'
• The most Popular Operating system in the world is Windows.
• USENET is a link to connect all the universities.
• First book on the personal computer was written by Ted Nelson.

• The book 'Soul of New Machine', won Pulitzer Prize.
• First magazine on computer is 'Computer and Automation'.
• First home computer is Comodor VIC/20.
• First Practical Digital computer is UNIVAC.
• FORTRON is the first Programming Language.
• PROLOG is the language of the fifth generation of computer.
• J.S. Kilbi developed the IC Chips.
• A computer error is known as bug.
• C-DAC (Centre for Development and Advanced Computing) was established in Pune in 1988.
• Super computer PARAM - 10000, having the capacity of 1 billion calculations per second, was made by the scientists of C-DAC of Pune on March 28, 1998. The main credit for the development of the PARAM-10000 goes to Dr. Vijay P. Bhaskar, Executive Director of C-DAC, Pune.
• National Auronautics Laboratories, Bangalore was the first in India to develop Super Computer named FLO SOLVER.
• Laser printers are fastest printers.
• IBM (International Business Machine) is an American Computer Compony.
• Computer virus is a man made digital parasite, which corrupts (infects) the file and known as 'File Corrupter'
• A modem is a device which connects the computer and works based on telephone lines.

• Y-2 K was a technical problem, associated with the calendar (Date, Month and Year) known as 'Millenium Bug'.
• The development of computer started in India since 1955.
• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has developed 'Simputer', which is s small palm sized touch screen computer.
• First computerarium in India is in Bangalore(Karnataka).
• Vellanad of Thiruvananthpuram district in Kerala has been declared the first fully computerised village of India.
• PC, Home computer, Electronic notebook etc. are the examples of micro computer.
• Some Operating Systems, used in micro computers are- CP/M, Mac OS(Apple), DOS, Pro DOS, MS DOS/PC DOS, XENIX, Windows, LINUX etc.
• Linus Benedict Torvalds, Creator and Coordinator of the Unix like Operating System. Linus was born in Helsinki, Finland on December 28, 1969.
• On Sept. 17, 1991. Linus completed the first version of Linux. He made the wisest decision in Operating system history by releasing Linux under General Public Licence, thereby making it open and free to all.
• He is one of the pioneers who advocated the idea of free software and thereby changed the software market.
• A computer may be used to control purely mechanical action. It has two main parts: (i)Hardware and (ii)Software.

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