Computing Fundamentals: Assignment 03: Due Date: 2 December 2014
Computing Fundamentals: Assignment 03: Due Date: 2 December 2014
Q-1. Why were first and second generation computers more difficult and costlier to
produce commercially than computers of subsequent generations?
Q-2. Write the full abbreviations of the following terms used in computing:
GIGO, IC, SSI, MSI, LSI, VLSI, USI, IBM, ENIAC, EDVAC, EDSAC, UNIVAC.
Q-3. What is meant by backward compatibility? How this concept is useful for
computer users?
Q-4. List all the desktop microprocessors designed by Intel to-date. Draw a table in
which mention the year of production/release, and clock frequency of each
processor. The table should be in the following format:
S. No. Name of Processor year of production/ clock frequency
release
1.
2.
3.
4.
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