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Value-added network
A Value-added Network (VAN) is a hosted service offering that acts as an intermediary between business partners. VAN is also an acronym for virtual area network. A value-added network (VAN) is a private network provider (sometimes called a turnkey communications line) that is hired by a company to facilitate electronic data interchange (EDI) or provide other network services. Before the arrival of the World Wide Web, some companies hired value-added networks to move data from their company to other companies. With the arrival of the World Wide Web, many companies found it more cost-efficient to move their data over the Internet instead of paying the minimum monthly fees and percharacter charges found in typical VAN contracts. In response, contemporary value-added network providers now focus on offering EDI translation, encryption, secure e-mail, management reporting, and other extra services for their customers.
Virtual private network
A virtual private network (VPN) is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users an access to a central organizational network. VPNs typically require remote users of the network to be authenticated, and often secure data with encryption technologies to prevent disclosure of private information to unauthorized parties. VPNs may serve any network functionality that is found on any network, such as sharing of data and access to network resources, printers, databases, websites, etc. A VPN user typically experiences the central network in a manner that is identical to being connected directly to the central network. VPN technology via the public Internet has replaced the need to requisition and maintain expensive dedicated leased-line telecommunication circuits once typical in wide-area network installations.
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Virtual private network technology reduces costs because it does not need physical leased lines to connect remote users to an Intranet.[1]
PBX
Short for private branch exchange, a private telephone network used within an enterprise. Users of the PBX share a certain number of outside lines for making telephone calls external to the PBX.
Most medium-sized and larger companies use a PBX because it's much less expensive than connecting an external telephone line to every telephone in the organization. In addition, it's easier to call someone within a PBX because the number you need to dial is typically just 3 or 4 digits.
A PBX reduces cost because the company only pays for the number of lines liable to be connected at any given time to the outside. If a company has 100 telephones, it's unlikely everyone will be making an outside call at once. Perhaps only 10% will require an outside line at any given time. Therefore the company would lease 10 lines from the phone company rather than 100.
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COMPUTER APPLICATION TO BUSINESS B.Com-1st PAPER 302
Important Short Question Year 2005 to 2011
YEAR 2005
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What is C.U? What do you mean by interpreter? What is microprocessor or CPU? How does data become information? Define Freeze panes in MS-Excel ANSWER:
Freeze Panes in Excel
It is sometimes difficult to read and understand very large spreadsheets. When you scroll too far to the right or down, you lose the headings that are located at the top and down the left side of the worksheet. Without the headings, its hard to keep track of which column or row of data you are looking at. To avoid this problem use the freeze panes feature in Microsoft Excel. It allows you to "freeze" certain areas or panes of the spreadsheet so that they remain visible at all times when scrolling to the right or down. Keeping headings on the screen makes it easier to read your data throughout the entire spreadsheet.
6. Important icons of Desktop? 7. Computer Virus? Answer: A computer program that is designed to replicate itself by copying itself into the other programs stored in a computer. It may be benign or have a negative effect, such as causing a program to operate incorrectly or corrupting a computer's memory. Or A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly, but erroneously used, to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have a reproductive ability. Viruses can increase their chances of spreading to other computers by infecting files on a network file system or a file system that is accessed by other computers.
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8. What is Computer Network? ANSWER: A computer network is a group of more computers connected to each electronically. This means that the computers can "talk" to each other and that every computer in the network can send information to the others. Usually, this means that the speed of the connection is fast - faster than a normal connection to the Internet. Some basic types of computer networks include: A local area network (often called a LAN) connects two or more computers, and may be called a corporate network in an office or business setting. An "internet work", sometimes called a Wide Area Network (because of the wide distance between networks) connects two or more smaller networks together. The largest internet work is called the Internet. 9. What is motherboard? 10. Relation between Hardware & Software?
YEAR 2006
11. What is Taskbar? ANSWER: The task bar was introduced with Windows 95 and has been part of every version of Windows since then. It is the bar that spans the bottom of the screen and contains the Start button on the left side and the system tray on the right. The task bar also includes the current time on the far right side and can hold shortcuts to programs directly to the right of the Start button. Most of the task bar, however, contains shortcuts to open windows. Whenever you open a program or window, it shows up in the task bar. So if you have Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word open, there will be at least two items in the middle area of the task bar. 12. What is Web Browser? 13. What is Compiler? 14. Define Interpreter? 15. What is Windows Explorer? ANSWER: Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It is also the component of the operating system that presents many user interface items on the monitor such as the taskbar and desktop. The Windows Explorer was first included with Windows 95 It could be accessed by double-clicking the new My Computer desktop icon, or launched from the new Start Menu that replaced the earlier Program Manager. There is also a shortcut key combination: Windows key + E. 16. What is Internet Explorer? 17. Define the term Antivirus? ANSWER: Definition: "antivirus" is protective software designed to defend your computer against malicious software. Malicious software or "malware" includes: viruses, Trojans, key loggers, hijackers, dialers, and other code that vandalizes or steals your computer contents. In order to be an effective defense, your antivirus software needs to run in the background at all times, and should be kept updated so it recognizes new versions of malicious software. Also Known As: anti-virus, anti virus
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YEAR 2007
18. What is Laptop Computer? ANSWER? A laptop computer is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device (a touchpad, also known as a track pad or pointing stick) and speakers into a single unit. A laptop is powered by mains electricity via an AC adapter, and can be used away from an outlet using a rechargeable battery. 19. What is Home Page of Web site? ANSWER: A home page or index page has various related meanings to do with web sites: It is also usually the first page that the link/site takes you to.
It most often refers to the initial or main web page of a web site, sometimes called the "front page" (by analogy with newspapers). The web page or local file that automatically loads when a web browser starts or when the browser's "home" button is pressed; this is also called a "home page". The user can specify the URL of the page to be loaded, or alternatively choose e.g. to re-load the most recent web page browsed.
20. What is Modem? ANSWER? A modem (modulator-demodulator) is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data. Modems can be used over any means of transmitting analog signals, from light emitting diodes to radio.
21. What is Auto Context Wizard? 22. What is ISPs? ANSWER: Short for Internet Service Provider, it refers to a company that provides Internet services, including personal and business access to the Internet. For a monthly fee, the service provider usually provides a software package, username, password and access phone number. Equipped with a modem, you can then log on to the Internet and browse the World Wide Web and USENET, and send and receive e-
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mail. For broadband access you typically receive the broadband modem hardware or pay a monthly fee for this equipment that is added to your ISP account billing. 23. What is Topologies? 24. What is Search Engine? 25. What is URL? 26. What is Non-Impact Printer? 27. What is Optical Mouse? ANSWER: An optical mouse is an advanced computer pointing device that uses a light-emitting diode (LED ), an optical sensor, and digital signal processing ( DSP ) in place of the traditional mouse ball and electromechanical transducer. Movement is detected by sensing changes in reflected light, rather than by interpreting the motion of a rolling sphere. The optical mouse takes microscopic snapshots of the working surface at a rate of more than 1,000 images per second. If the mouse is moved, the image changes. The tiniest irregularities in the surface can produce images good enough for the sensor and DSP to generate usable movement data. The best surfaces reflect but scatter light; an example is a blank sheet of white drawing paper. Some surfaces do not allow the sensor and DSP to function properly because the irregularities are too small to be detected. An example of a poor optical-mousing surface is unfrosted glass. 28. What is Different type of Operating System running now days?
YEAR 2008
29. Why LCD monitor are better than CRT? 30. What are the functions of Bar Code Scanner? ANSWER: A barcode reader (or barcode scanner) is an electronic device for reading printed barcodes. Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens and a light sensor translating optical impulses into electrical ones. Additionally, nearly all barcode readers contain decoder circuitry analyzing the barcode's image data provided by the sensor and sending the barcode's content to the scanner's output port. 31. What is Information Technology? 32. What is E-Commerce? 33. Non-Procedural Language? 34. Define BIOS? ANSWER: The BIOS software is built into the PC, and is the first code run by a PC when powered on ('boot firmware'). When the PC starts up, the first job for the BIOS is the power-on self-test, which initializes and identifies system devices such as the CPU, RAM, video display card, keyboard and mouse, hard disk drive, optical disc drive and other hardware.BIOS software is stored on a non-volatile ROM chip on the motherboard. It is specifically designed to work with each particular model of computer, interfacing with various devices that make up the complementary chipset of the system. In modern computer systems the BIOS chip's contents can be rewritten without removing it from the motherboard, allowing BIOS software to be upgraded in place. 35. What means of interface of a Computer? 36. What is Register?
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37. What is Advantage of Table in MS-Word? 38. Why we use custom animation option in MS-PowerPoint? ANSWER:
YEAR 2009
39. What is RAM? 40. What is CPU? 41. What is tool bar? 42. What is CD Driver? ANSWER: A CD-ROM an acronym of "Compact Disc Read-only memory") is a prepressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playbacks-ROMs are popularly used to distribute computer software, including video games and multimedia applications, though any data can be stored (up to the capacity limit of a disc). Some CDs hold both computer data and audio with the latter capable of being played on a CD player, while data (such as software or digital video) is only usable on a computer (such as ISO 9660 format PC CD-ROMs). 43. What is DOS? 44. What is web Browser? 45. What is Domain Name?
YEAR 2010
46. What is Web Server? Emails you did not ask for that were sent in bulk From senders you do not know are suspicious of being spam. Newsletters you did sign up for, an email from a college friend and messages from people trying to contact you personally are, of course, not spam. A newsletter somebody signed you up for to annoy you is not spam but a different kind of email abuse. An email sent to you in bulk by an unknown sender that you do in fact welcome and find useful may not be spam either. Every email you asked for is not spam but not every email you did not ask for is spam. For practical means, there is no point in sophistic examination of all the reasons that can, could or must not justify the junk status of any email (if you enjoy the sophistic exercise, do go ahead. 47. What is MAN? 48. What is Abacus? 49. What are 3GL & 4 GL?
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50. What is Slide Sorter View? ANSWER: Slide sorter view in PowerPoint or Open Office Impress is a window that displays thumbnail versions of all your slides, arranged in horizontal rows. This view is useful to make global changes to several slides at one time. Rearranging or deleting slides is easy to do in Slide Sorter view. Examples: In order to apply the same transition to all of her PowerPoint slides at one time, Mary switched her presentation to Slide Sorter view. 51. What is Formula Bar? ANSWER: A toolbar at the top of the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet window that you can use to enter or copy an existing formula in to cells or charts. It is labeled with function symbol (fx). By clicking the Formula Bar, or when you type an equal (=) symbol in a cell, the Formula Bar will activate. 52. What is SIMM SIMM Acronym for single in-line memory module, a small circuit board that can hold a group of memory chips. Typically, SIMMs holds up to eight (on Macintoshes) or nine (on PCs) RAM chips. On PCs, the ninth chip is often used for parity error checking. Unlike memory chips, SIMMs is measured in bytes rather than bits. SIMMs is easier to install than individual memory chips. The bus from a SIMM to the actual memory chips is 32 bits wide. A newer technology, called dual in-line memory module (DIMM), provides a 64-bit bus. For modern Pentium microprocessors that have a 64-bit bus, you must use either DIMMs or pairs of SIMMs. What is Fill Handler? ANSWER: In Microsoft Excel, fill handle is a command that lets you fill data in to your spreadsheet cells that is based on a pattern you establish. For example, you can use this command to continue a series of numbers, text combinations, or dates.
YEAR 2011
54. What is EXTRANET? 55. WHAT IS GUI? 56. What is Embedded Software or O.S? 57. What is Information?
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COMPUTER APPLICATION TO BUSINESS
B.Com-1st PAPER 302
Important Long Question Year 2005 to 2011 1. Define Computer, Characteristics of Computer? 2. Generation of Computer? 3. Type of Computer? 4. Classification of Computer? 5. Input, Output device any five? 6. Difference between CRT and LCD Monitor? 7. CPU, System Clock? 8. Memory and Kinds of Memory? 9. Storage Device? 10. Difference between Software and Hardware? 11. Function of operating System? 12. Programming Language? 13. Language Processor/Translator? 14. Computer Network? 15. Data processing and Level of Data Processing? 16. Data processing Life Cycle? 17. Windows XP and its features? 18. Internet and its merits & Demerits? 19. Network Topologies? 20. MS-Word and its features? 21. Web Browser and Web Server?
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