Computer Questions

A clipboard is a temporary storage area for items that the user wants to cut or copy from one place to another.

For example, in a word processor application, the user might want to cut text from one part of a document and paste it in another part of the document or somewhere else, it is temporarily stored in clipboard.

Volatile memory is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information. It is a temporary memeory which cannot contain information permanently.

Example :: RAM or Random Access Memory

The task manager enables you to monitor processes, applications and services currently running on your computer. You can use it to start and stop programs and processes. In addition, you can use the task manager to show informative stats about your PC’s performance and network.

Hence, to delete a program from the hard drive, you have to go to the control panel to uninstall an application properly.

To display current date and time in MS Excel, we use Now() method. 

TRUE. The computers and electronic devices use digitized information which is easily understood by them.

Digitization is the process of converting analog signals or information of any form into a digital format that can be understood by computer systems or electronic devices. The term is used when converting information, like text, images or voices, and sounds, into binary code.

IEEE 1284 is a standard that govern parallel communications.

• IEEE 1284 is a standard that defines bi-directional parallel communications between computers and other devices.

• It was originally developed in the 1970s by Centronics, and was widely known as the Centronics port, both before and after its IEEE standardization.