What is a Graphics Card ?

• A graphics card is the component in your computer that handles generating the signals that are sent to the monitor or “graphics”.
• It is responsible for generating all the text and pictures that are displayed on your screen.
• The images you see on your monitor are made of tiny dots called pixels.
• At most common resolution settings, a screen displays over a million pixels, andthe computer has to decide what to do with everyone in order to create an image.
• To do this, it needs a translator — something to take binary data from the CPUand turn it into a picture you can see.
• This task is performed by Graphic Card which is built into motherboard.
• A graphics card’s job is complex, but its principles and components are easy to understand.
• The CPU, working in conjunction with software applications, sends information about the image to the graphics card.
• The graphics card decides how to use the pixels on the screen to create the image.
• It then sends that information to the monitor through a cable.
• To make a 3-D image, the graphics card first creates a wire frame out of straight lines. Then, it rasterizes the image.
• It also adds lighting, texture and colour.

The graphics card accomplishes this task using four main components:

1. A motherboard connection for data and power
2. A processor to decide what to do with each pixel on the screen
3. Memory to hold information about each pixel and to temporarily store completed pictures
4. A monitor connection so you can see the final result

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Basic Computer Questions

Q : The main system board of the computer is called ____.
(A) Motherboard
(B) Processor
(C) Microchip
(D) None of these

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Q : Which of the following system components is the brain of a computer?
(A) Circuit board
(B) CPU
(C) Memory
(D) Network card

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Answer ⇒ { B }

 
Q : What is the built-in permanent memory in a computer called?
(A) RAM
(B) ROM
(C) CPU
(D) CD-ROM

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Answer ⇒ { B }

 
Q : Which of the following is the full form of NTFS?
(A) New Tree File system
(B) New Technology file system
(C) New Table file system
(D) Both B and C

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Answer ⇒ { B }

 
Q : Which of the following is not a hardware processing chip ?
(A) Processing chip
(B) printer
(C) mouse
(D) Java

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Answer ⇒ { B }

 
Q : The monitor of a computer is-
(A) storage device
(B) processing device
(C) input device
(D) output device

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Answer ⇒ { D }

 
Q : Which protocol does Ping use?
(A) TCP
(B) ARP
(C) ICMP
(D) BootP
(E) None of these

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Answer ⇒ { C }

 
Q : If you wish to extend the length of the network without having the signal degrade, you would use a ___.
(A) Gateway
(B) Router
(C) Modem
(D) Repeater
(E) Resonator

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Answer ⇒ { D }

 
Q : A series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it is called a ______.
(A) program
(B) command
(C) user response
(D) processor
(E) None of these

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Answer ⇒ { A }

 
Q : Verification of a login name and password is known as_____.
(A) Configuration
(B) Accessibility
(C) Authentication
(D) logging in
(E) None of these
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