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WhatisComputer?

Acomputerisonetypeofmachinemanagedifferentkindsofprogramstoperformusefultaskstotheusers.Computergives
properresponsetotheusersthroughthesetofinstructionsarrangedinproperorder.Ithasstoragecapacityalongwith
executionbenefits.Computerscanperformbothcomplexandsimpleoperations.Basedontypesofactions,computersdesign
inseveralformatswithhardwareandsoftwarespecifications.Computercontainswires,transistors,circuits,hardwareparts
andetc.Computerdesignswithbothsoftwareandhardware.Softwareisaprocessofpreparingprogramthroughinstructions
anddata.Generalcomputersmadewithfollowingtypesofcomponentsinhardware.

1.CPU

2.Memory

3.I/PDevices

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4.O/PDevices

CPU:

CentralProcessingUnitmaintainsthreekindsofactivitiestostorethedataandprocessingdatawithseveralkindsof
operations.PUismajorparttothecomputerthattellsaboutthecomputertoperformwhichtaskforeverytime.

Memory:

Memoryisonepartthatstoredata,programsandetc.Itcategorizedintoseveraltypesthosecanworkatspecialpurpose.

I/Pdevices:

Deviceswhichisusefultoprovideinputdatatothecomputerthatwillbeprocessedtoprovideoutputfromotherdevices.

O/Pdevices:

Inputdevicesgiveinputtothecomputers.Afterprocessthedataofinputtheproperoutputwillreleasetotheusersfromoutput
devices.

ComputerTypes:

1.PersonalComputer

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2.MiniComputer

3.MainFrameComputer

4.SuperComputer

5.Workstation

Personalcomputer:

Itmaintainabovelistofhardwareandsoftwarecomponents.Itcanbedefinedasasmallthatrangeuptothelimitedpounds.It
appearedintheyearof1970sthatworkwithsmallCPU,RAMandmemorychips.Itisusefultothewordprocessing,
accounting,desktop,databasemanagementapplicationsandetc.Numberofhomeusersusethissoftwareforplaygamesand
learnanythingfrominterneteasily.

Personalcomputermaintainsseveralkindsofcomputerssuchasfollowing.

1.Notebook

2.Towercomputer

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3.Laptop

4.Subnotebook

5.Handheld

6.Plamtop

7.PDA

MiniComputer:

Itisamidsizecomputerusefulinworkstationsthatcancover200userssimultaneously.

Workstation:

ItdesignsforengineeringapplicationsSDLCandvariouskindsofapplicationswithmoderatepowerandgraphictechnologies.It
generallymaintainshighstoragemediaalongwithlargeRAM.WorkstationonlyworkbytheUNIXandLinuxoperating
systems.Ithasseveraltypesofstoragemediathatmaintainbothdisklessanddiskdriveworkstations.

SupercomputerandMainframe:

Supercomputerisbestfastestcomputerinworldthatisveryexpensive.Itworkbasedonmathematicalcalculationsso,
everythingworkwellwithsimpleprocedure.Supercomputersdealswithscientificsimulations,animatedgraphics,electrical
design,performdynamiccalculationsandetc.

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6CommentsonWhatisComputer?TypesofComputer

kandambi
July1,2016

pleasegivesomeimages.notenoughimagesthatarticle

AyodeleAwolaja
February22,2017

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PlsIhopewehavethreetypeofcomputer:analog,digital&hybridcomputer

Anonymous
April20,2017

enoughforme

HassanIdrisAllu
April25,2017

Greatbutimagesarentthereformoreinformationplease

Anonymous
May4,2017

Greatjob

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June1,2017

Greatinformation,imageswouldhelpmealot

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