Multiple choice technology

The maximum number of colors CGA will support is

  1. 2

  2. 4

  3. 16

  4. 256
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B Correct answer
Explanation

IBM's CGA adapter could display 4 colors simultaneously in graphics mode (from a palette of 16 colors) at 320x200 resolution, or 2 colors at 640x200. It did not support 16 or 256 colors - those capabilities came with later adapters like EGA (16 colors) and VGA (256 colors). The lowest resolution mode could show 4 colors at once.

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