Description : Losses caused by skin effect and the I2R (power) loss are classified as what type of loss?
Last Answer : Copper losses.
Description : At present what type of classified use is allowed for SNAP II?
Last Answer : Unclassified.
Description : Components made up exclusively of discrete elements are classified as what type of electronics?
Last Answer : Miniature.
Description : Meridional rays are classified as either bound or unbound rays. Bound rays propagate through the fiber according to what property?
Last Answer : Total internal reflection.
Description : In what two ways are amplifiers classified?
Last Answer : By function and frequency response.
Description : Computers can be classified in which of the following hierarchical orders? 1) PC, Large, Super Micro, Super Computer 2) Super Micro, PC, Large, Super Computer 3) PC, Super Micro, Large, Super Computer 4) Large, Super Micro, Super Computer, PC
Last Answer : 3) PC, Super Micro, Large, Super Computer
Description : With early computers, the programmer had to translate instructions into what type of language form?
Last Answer : Machine.
Description : What is the great advantage of computers over typewriters?
Last Answer : Correcting errors.
Description : What type of computers are small and inexpensive yet provide a lot of computing power?
Last Answer : Microcomputers and minicomputers.
Description : On third generation computers, what results are gained by faster internal processing speeds?
Last Answer : Faster execution of instructions.
Description : What do the smaller circuits in third generation computers allow for?
Last Answer : Faster internal processing speeds.
Description : In second generation computers, how was the storage capacity greatly increased?
Last Answer : With the introduction of magnetic disk storage and the use of
Description : How were processing speed and reliability increased in second generation computers?
Last Answer : By the use of small, long lasting transistors.
Description : The software (computer program) used on first generation computers was what type?
Last Answer : Unsophisticated and machine oriented.
Description : In first generation computers, internal processing functions were measured by what division of time?
Last Answer : Thousandths of a second (millisecond).
Description : How did vacuum tubes cause a problem for first generation computers
Last Answer : They were unreliable, required a lot of power to run, and produced so much heat that air conditioning was needed to protect computer parts.
Description : What were computers of the first generation characterized by?
Last Answer : The vacuum tube.
Description : What is the fundamental difference between analog and digital computers?
Last Answer : Digital computers deal with discrete quantities, while analog computers deal with continuous physical variables.
Description : Digital computers are generally used for what purposes?
Last Answer : Business and scientific data processing
Description : What are computers called that combine the functions of both analog and digital computers?
Last Answer : Hybrid computers.
Description : Early analog computers were what type of devices?
Last Answer : Mechanical or electromechanical.
Description : What are analog computers designed to measure?
Last Answer : Continuous electrical or physical conditions.
Description : All analog computers are what type of computers?
Last Answer : Special-purpose.
Description : Rather than using a stored program, a special-purpose computer's applicability to a particular problem is a function of what?
Last Answer : Its design
Description : In electronic computers, vacuum tubes were replaced by transistors and transistors have been replaced by what device?
Last Answer : Integrated circuits.
Description : How do electromechanical computers differ from the mechanical computers?
Last Answer : Electromechanical computers use electrical components to perform some of the calculations.
Description : The Navy uses analog computers primarily for what purpose?
Last Answer : Gun fire control
Description : Mechanical computers are considered to be of what type?
Last Answer : Analog.
Description : When computers use the cylinder method to store data on a hard disk pack, what three items make up the address that tells the computer where on a specific disk to store the data?
Last Answer : . a. Cylinder number. b. Recording surface number.
Description : Any system composed of one or more computers and terminals can be defined as what?
Last Answer : A network.
Description : What is another name for computers designed to be character-oriented or character-addressable?
Last Answer : Variable-word-length or byte-addressable.
Description : What area in the computer's primary storage area holds the processing instructions (the program)?
Last Answer : Program storage area.
Description : What were the first computers designed to manipulate in order to solve arithmetic problems?
Last Answer : Numbers.