Computers in Accounting Test - 17

Terminal is a Point at which data may leave or enter the computer.

A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying or printing data from, a computer or a computing system. ... A terminal that depends on the host computer for its processing power is called a "dumb terminal" or thin client.

In the context of telecommunications, a terminal is a device which ends a telecommunications link and is the point at which a signal enters and/or leaves a network. Examples of equipment containing network terminations are telephones, fax machines, computer terminals and network devices, printers and workstations.

Three basic types of terminals are (1) Dumb terminal: has no built-in data processing capabilities and serves only to send and receive data, (2) Smart terminal: has limited data processing capabilities, and (3) Intelligent terminal: has substantial data processing capabilities due to inbuilt processor and memory.

Terminal illness is an incurable disease that cannot be adequately treated and is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer or advanced heart disease than for trauma.

ICs electronic component was made out of semiconductor material.

Components Are Formed. In an integrated circuit, electronic components such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, and transistors are formed directly onto the surface of a silicon crystal. ... Even before the first IC was developed, it was known that common electronic components could be made from silicon.

Semiconductor devices are electronic components that exploit the electronic properties of semiconductor materials, principally silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide, as well as organic semiconductors. Semiconductor devices have replaced thermionic devices (vacuum tubes) in most applications.

The same dopants are used for both silicon and germanium semiconductors. Silicon atoms have four electrons which can be shared in covalent bonds with neighboring atoms. Silicon is the principal component of common sand, and for this reason it is less expensive than other intrinsic semiconductor materials.

A small square or rectangular piece of silica on which several layers of an integrated circuit are etched or imprinted is called Chip.

An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, normally silicon.

Integrated circuits. It's a neat way of cramming hundreds, thousands, millions, or even billions of electronic components onto tiny chips of silicon no bigger than a fingernail. Let's take a closer look at ICs and how they work! Photo: An integrated circuit from the outside.

The major advantages of integrated circuits over those made by interconnecting discrete components are as follows : Extremely small size – Thousands times smaller than discrete circuits. It is because of fabrication of various circuit elements in a single chip of semiconductor material.

The term GIGO is related to Accuracy.

garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) In fact, GIGO is sometimes used to refer to situations in the analog world, such as a faulty decision made as a result of incomplete information. A variation on the term, "garbage in, gospel out," refers to a tendency to put unwarranted faith in the accuracy of computer-generated data.

A computer has very low failure rate because it uses electronic components.It produces very consistent results.This is highlighted by Reliability feature of computer

Features of a Computer. High speed, accuracy large storage capacity, high reliability and versatility are some of the important features of computers. ... CPU of a computer can perform more than 10 million operations per second.

The main features of any 'computer' is its chip or motherboard or CPU also known as central processing unit. Along with that a computer needs some input such as keyboard/touch/gamepad and output elements such as a screen.

Reliability is an attribute of any computer-related component (software, or hardware, or a network, for example) that consistently performs according to its specifications. It has long been considered one of three related attributes that must be considered when making, buying, or using a computer product or component.

Tape drive unit is another name fortape transport.

A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape. Magnetic tape data storage is typically used for offline, archival data storage. Tape media generally has a favorable unit cost and a long archival stability.

According to a handful of sources (ehow, Wikipedia, and Searchdatabackup.com), manufacturers claim that tape can last up to thirty years. This can make it a useful medium for archiving.

For calculating astronomical positions Antikyathera was used.

The Antikythera mechanism is the world's first analogical computer, used by ancient Greeks to chart the movement of the sun, moon and planets, predict lunar and solar eclipses and even signal the next Olympic Games. There are 82 catalogued fragments of the Antikythera Mechanism and they are kept at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece, according to the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project.

The Mechanism provides a unique window on history, allowing us to view the collected astronomical knowledge of the Ancient Greeks, and through them the knowledge of the Ancient Babylonians. In many ways the Mechanism provides us with an encyclopedia of the astronomical knowledge of the time.

The revolutions per minute of the printer disk is not a factor affecting the processing capability or performance of a PC system

These factors include the processing speed of the CPU, insufficient storage space on hard disk, RAM size, the type of graphic card used, the speed of your system hard disk, if your computer is running multiple applications at a given time, fragmented files, registry and hard disk, compromised system due to malware.

This could be caused by a number of factors. They include: the speed of the CPU, the space on the hard disk, the size of the RAM, the type of the graphics card, the speed of the hard disk,, if the computer is multitasking, the defragmenting files. The speed of the CPU is also known as the clock speed of the CPU.

Offline device is a device which is not connected to CPU.

When a computer or other device is not turned on or connected to other devices, it is said to be "offline." This is the opposite of being "online," when a device can readily communicate with other devices. ... Offline can also mean not being connected to the Internet.