Monday 16 January 2012

COMPUTER CLASSIFICATIONS



MICRO - COMPUTERS


  •  These computers use a microprocessor chip and this chip is used instead of CPU means that this microprocessor chip works as a CPU.
  • These computers are also called personal computers.
  • Two major types of these computers are laptop or Desktop computers.
  • Only one user uses these computers at time that's why they are also known as personal computers.



MINI - COMPUTERS




  • These are powerful computer. 
  •  These computers come into existence in 1960s at that time mainframe computer was very costly.
  •  Mini computers were available in cheap prices, so users start using it. 



MAINFRAME COMPUTERS





  • It as a very powerful and large computer.
  • You can get idea of its power as it can handle processing of many users at a time. 
  • Terminals are used to connect a user to this computer and users submit there task through mainframe.
  • Terminal is a device which has keyboard and a screen.
  • By using terminal users put inputs into the computer and get the output through screen. 




SUPER - COMPUTERS




  •  As the name "super computer" specifies that these are most powerful computers even than mainframe.
  • Actually, when we optimize a mainframe computer then we get super computer. 
  • This super computer is made in china .

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