TYPES OF COMPUTER AND CLASSIFICATION
OF COMPUTER
Computers are 3 types on the basis of there performance, such as
- Digital Computer
- Analog Computer
- Hybrid Computer
- Micro computer
- Mini Computer
- Mainframe Computer
- Super Computer
MICRO COMPUTER:
A micro computer is a computer whose CPU is micro processor. Micro processor is a processor all whose components are all a single integrated circuits chip. Micro computer can be subdivided in to 2 types. Such as home computer and personal computer.
- Home computer
- Personal computer
These are large terminals to be used by number of users. They have
memory and support both multi user and multitasking capabilities. There also
support large number of external peripheral devices. There word length may be
48, 60, 64 bit. Memory capacity is 44-256 MB (Mega byte), hard disk, capacity
is up to GB(Giga Byte), processing speed is 30-100 Mipc (Minute per second).
Main frame computer used for handing of information processing of organization
like banks, insurance companies, hospital and railways intensive scientific and
engineering problem.
Palmtop are the smallest of the portables and normally the size of
a large pocked calculator. These however don’t offer the same power as that of
pc. The applications are limited and inbuilt.