Test: Introduction, History and Generation of Computer - 2 - Bank Exams MCQ

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.

The first scientific calculator that included all of the basic ideas above was the programmable Hewlett-Packard HP-9100A, released in 1968 and this is the time of third generation computers.

Seymour Roger Cray was an American electrical engineer and supercomputer architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades.

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program used to store and retrieve numerical data in a grid format of columns and rows. Excel is ideal for entering, calculating and analyzing company data such as sales figures, sales taxes or commissions.

An early form of abacus finds its origin in China.

Android-based hardware was developed in the Fifth Generation. Multimedia, visualization, parallel computing were developed in the Fourth generation but advanced multimedia files were developed in the Fifth Generation.

Pentium is a brand used for a series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors produced by Intel since 1993.

The US-built ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first electronic programmable computer built in the US.

Microprocessors further revolutionized the development of computers. Personal microcomputers were possible due to the microprocessors. The first microprocessor called Intel 4004 was developed by American Intel Corporation in 1971. Microprocessors are used in the computers of fourth generation computers.

The short form for Microsoft Disk Operating System, MS-DOS is a non-graphical command line operating system derived from 86-DOS that was created for IBM compatible computers.