Computer Questions

A report generator is a computer program whose purpose is to take data from a source such as a database, XML stream or a spreadsheet, and use it to produce a document in a format which satisfies a particular human readership.

Hence, A report generator is used to print files on paper.

We know that a computer program is a set of instructions to be executed. And if the instructions are in execution, then it is called as process. In brief, a program in execution is called as process.

In a computer, the area where the data is stored for the quick access by the computer's processor is called Main storage or Primary storage or Memory or RAM.

Hence, main storage is also called Memory.

A computer can perform inputting, processing and cotrolling but it can't perform understanding as it is has no brain. It can't earn from its previous experiances.

A compiler is not a software.

Adobe, Microsoft office and Drivers are all software on a computer.

A computer system consists of two major elements: hardware and software. Computer hardware is the collection of all the parts you can physically touch. Computer software, on the other hand, is not something you can touch. Software is a set of instructions for a computer to perform specific operations. You need both hardware and software for a computer system to work.

10 examples of computer hardware are ::

1. Monitor

2. Motherboard

3. CPU(Microprocessor) 

4. Main memory(RAM)

5. Expansion cards 

6. Power supply unit

7. Optical disc drive 

8. Hard disk drive (HDD)

9. Keyboard

10. Mouse