This document contains an assignment covering topics related to computer hardware, software, operating systems, and Unix. It includes 22 short answer questions, 10 medium questions worth 6 marks each, and 12 long questions worth 8 marks each, asking students to define terms, list examples, explain concepts, and provide details about various components of computing systems. Students are to answer questions on topics such as software, memory, processors, operating systems, Unix architecture, commands and more.
This document contains an assignment covering topics related to computer hardware, software, operating systems, and Unix. It includes 22 short answer questions, 10 medium questions worth 6 marks each, and 12 long questions worth 8 marks each, asking students to define terms, list examples, explain concepts, and provide details about various components of computing systems. Students are to answer questions on topics such as software, memory, processors, operating systems, Unix architecture, commands and more.
This document contains an assignment covering topics related to computer hardware, software, operating systems, and Unix. It includes 22 short answer questions, 10 medium questions worth 6 marks each, and 12 long questions worth 8 marks each, asking students to define terms, list examples, explain concepts, and provide details about various components of computing systems. Students are to answer questions on topics such as software, memory, processors, operating systems, Unix architecture, commands and more.
1. What is software? List the different types of software 2. What is data and information? 3. What is microprocessor? 4. List the types of keyboard. 5. Explain the characteristics of the non-impact printers. 6. What is primary memory? 7. What is secondary memory? 8. What is microprocessor? 9. Give the abbreviation of RAM and ROM 10. Define operating system. 11. List any characteristics of OS. 12. List any two components of OS. 13. What is command line interpreter. 14. What is a system call? 15. What is UNIX? 16. What is shell? 17. List any two features of shell. 18. What do you mean by GUI? 19. List any two basic commands of unix with example 20. Explain cat command. 21. Define microkernel 22. Define Booting and Rebooting. Answer the following each carries 6 marks 1. Explain the characteristics of computers 2. Explain the anatomy of computers 3. Give the difference between the hardware and the software 4. Give the difference between primary and secondary memory 5. Give the difference between RAM and ROM. 6. Explain in detail cache memory 7. Explain the working of CPU and Memory 8. Explain microcontrollers in detail. 9. What is operating and explain the features of OS. 10. Explain system calls in detail 11. What is Unix. Explain the features of UNIX. 12. What is Shell and explain the different types of Shell. 13. Explain Unix command format with an example. 14. Explain Booting in detail with a neat diagram.
Answer the following each carries 8 marks
1. Explain Classification of digital computer. 2. Explain the functional components of the computer system 3. Explain the different input and output devices 4. Explain compute storage in detail. 5. Explain the computer system structure with a neat a diagram. 6. Explain in detail the components of an Operating system. 7. Explain the different types of operating system in detail (14m) 8. Explain UNIX system architecture/components with a neat diagram. 9. Explain the basic Unix commands in detail with example 10. Explain unix file related command in detail with example. 11. Explain unix directory commands in detail with example. 12. Explain microkernel based Operating system with aneat diagram.