TYPES OF COMPUTER

Laptop Super Computer

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Mainframe computer

LAPTOPLaptop computers, also known as notebooks, are portable computers that you can take with you and use in different environments. They

include a screen, keyboard, and a track pad or trackball, which serves as the  mouse. Because

laptops are meant to be used on the go, they have a battery which allows them to operate without being plugged into a power outlet. Laptops also include a power adapter that

allows them to use power from an outlet and recharges the battery.

SUPER COMPUTERExtremely fast data processing-

oriented computer whose number crunching power is (presently) measured in

hundreds of billions of floating point operations(gigaflops). Supercomputers rely on parallel processing technology and can

use only a few but very complex programs in modeling economy behavior, nuclear

reactions, meteorological and neurological phenomenon, etc. First supercomputer

(Cray-1) was made in 1976 by the US engineer Roger Cray (1925-1996).

MICRO COMPUTER The term microcomputer is generally synonymous with personal computer (PC), or a computer that depends on a micro processor. Microcomputers are designed to be used by individuals, whether in the form of PCs, workstations or notebook computers. A microcomputer contains a central processing unit (CPU) on a microchip (the microprocessor), a memory system (typically read-only memory and random access memory), a bus system and I/O ports, typically housed in a motherboard

MAINFRAME COMPUTER

A data processing system employed mainly in large organizations for various applications,

including bulk data processing, process control, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and financial transaction processing. Mainframes use proprietary operating systems, most of which are based

on Unix, and a growing number on Linux. Over the years they have evolved from being room-sized to

networked configurations of workstations and servers that are an extremely competitive and cost effective platforms for e-commerce development and hosting. Mainframes are so

called because the earliest ones were housed in large metal frames.