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write a program which request a user to enter an amount of money .the program prints the intrest payable per year for rates of interest from 5%to 12% in steps of 0.5%.
Distinguish between synchronous and asynchronous transmissions
State the meaning of the following in the context of data transmission: Full duplex, Half duplex and Simplex transmissions.
Give one example of the use of each concept above.
You have recently acquired a second-hand PC from a friend and immediately decided to upgrade some of its internal components.
a.) Name any three of the components.
b.) Explain one benefit to derive from the upgrade of each of the named components.
Define the term computer hardware. Give four examples.
In a small shop of your quarter, the shopkeeper has two record books; one for his daily sales and the other for his debtors and creditors. He adds up sales per day to know how much money he has made for that day. He equally adds up amounts loaned to him and borrowed out (in articles) to know how much he owes and how much he is owed respectively. He also subtracts money loaned to him from money owed him to know his debt balance. In the end, he adds the balance to his sales to know his business state of account. That is whether he runs on surplus or deficit.
a.) Has this shop got an information system? Explain. Give the type of information system in the case of a yes.
What is an information system? Explain two types of information systems.
What is cache memory? Could cache memory be considered a buffer?
Why does the RAM lose its information once power supply is cut?
A microprocessor uses RAM chips of 1×1024 capacity.
How many chips will be required to obtain a memory capacity of 16 𝐾 bytes?
How many chips will be required and how many address lines will be connected to provide a capacity of 1024 bytes?
