Fundamental And Disk Operating System
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UNIVAC |
Universal Automatic Computer |
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There are no computers with the name as in other options.
UNIVAC was the first general purpose electronic digital computer designed for
commercial use, produced by Universal Accounting Company of John Mauchly and
J.P.Eckert in 1951. |
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CD-ROM |
Compact
Disk Read Only Memory |
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There are no objects with the name as in other options. CD-ROM
is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format
as audio compact disk, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. The
standard 12 cm diameter CD-ROM store about 660 megabytes. |
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ALU |
Arithmetic
Logic Unit |
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ALU is a unit in Central Processing Unit in a computer system
that is responsible for arithmeticcalculations and logical operations. Apart from
ALU, the CPU contains MU (Memory Unit) and CU (Control Unit). |
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VGA |
Video
Graphics Array |
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VGA is a type of Graphics Adapter. Graphic Adapter is an
electronic board that controls the display of amonitor.
This device helps the motherboard to work with the monitor and in VGA and SVGA the last letter
‘A’ stands for ‘Array’ whereas in MDA, CGA, MCGA the last letter ‘A’ stands
for ‘Adapter’. |
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IBM 1401 |
Second
Generation Computer |
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IBM 1401 is a Second Generation Computer and is the first computer
to enter Nepal in 2028 BS for census. Government of Nepal had brought this
computer on rent and later purchased for data processing in Bureau of
Statistics. After this computer, another ICL 2950/10, a British computer, was
purchased by the fund of UNDP and UNFPA for the census of 2038 BS is second
computer in Nepal. |
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MSI |
Medium
Scale Integrated Circuits |
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After the invention of IC chips the development of computers
plunged into next phase. Small Scale Integration and Medium Scale Integration
(SSI and MSI) were used in third generation of computers and Large Scale
Integration and Very Large Scale Integration (LSI and VLSI) are being used in
fourth generation of computers. People are now expecting ULSI (Ultra Large
Scale Integration) Circuits to be used for fifth generation computers. |
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