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4. Answer in one or two words.
a. Name the generation of computers that used integrated circuits. ___________
b. Tell the type of computer that is used to measure continuously changeable
physical quantities. ___________
c. What is the main processing device of a computer called? ___________
d. Name the non-impact printer that uses laser technology. ___________
e. Which device projects data from a computer screen onto a large screen? ___________
5. Think and answer.
a. Enlist some distinct features of Supercomputers.
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b. How are Microcomputers different from Mainframe computers?
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c. What are Embedded computers? Give two examples.
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d. Explain how does a Gesture Recognition Camera operate.
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6. Differentiate between the following:
Impact Printers Non-Impact Printers
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21 st #Technology Literacy
7. Competency-based/Application-based questions. Century
Skills #Critical Thinking
a. Rohit was watching a Sci-Fi movie and became curious about the devices he saw. In the
movie, the devices displayed rapidly changing digits and wave-like symbols on another
panel. He began wondering which type of computer would be most suitable for scientific
exploration—digital, analog, or hybrid. Help him resolve his dilemma.
b. Manika attended a workshop where she was shown the working of first to fourth-generation
computers. She was amazed at how a room-sized device can now fit in our bags. Which component
has primarily contributed to the reduction in size of this complex machine called a computer? How
is this component revolutionising technology?
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