Name : Lê Minh Đăng

Class : ACCP0710 B
Subject :COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

SESSION 1

COMPUTER HARDWARE

1. The data in the computer travels on paths called buses

2. The three types of buses found in the computer are data, control and
expansion bus

3. Ports are access point for the entry and exit of data

4. A serial port is also called a RS-232 port

5. The Centronics port is called a printer port

6. Parallel port allow faster processing by using multiple processors and superior
technology and are used for complex tasks which require a lot of
computational power

7. Digital computer process information using numbers which is essentially in a

binary or a two state format

8. Memory is essentially divided into primary and secondary memory

9. RAM memory is volatile in nature

10. The features of analog and digital machines are combined to create a hybrid
computing system

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

1. Program is a set of instructions that have to be written for the computer that
it is able to process data to give the desired information.

2. Software is a set of instructions that are given to the computer, which help
the computer to process data and give information.

3. User-friendly software is a software which is easy to use and requires

minimum learning

4. An application is a related set of tasks

5. The three types of files are data, program and text file

6. Games, publishing, painting and drawing, and telecommunications are

examples of application software
7. Housekeeping in computers refers to maintaining of the computer hardware,
the computer software and the data.

8. Computer languages have to be translated to communicate even with the

computer.

9. Microsoft is headed by Mr William Gates, more popular called Bill Gates.

10. The computer understands only 0s and 1s.

11. POST stands for Power On Self Test that is the first thing the computer does
when it is switched on.

12. A destructive program is called a virus

13. Data compression used for reduce size the volume of the data when is has to
copied on to the secondary storage devices.

14. An anti-virus is a software which is use for preventing virus while a vaccine is
use for removing it.

15. Software privacy is illegal.