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Types of ComputersTypes of Computers

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1. SUPERCOMPUTER1. SUPERCOMPUTER

a computer that led the world (orwas close to doing so)

t was used to sol!e pro"lemsin!ol!ing "# ma$or uni!ersities%

militar# agencies and scienti&cresearch la"oratories.

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'. M*RMES'. M*RMES

designed to handle !er# high!olume input and output (+O)

and emphasi,e throughoutcomputing

t is used mainl#% "# largeorgani,ations

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-. M COMPUTER-. M COMPUTER

Minicomputer is a midsi,ed computer

t is an old term or a class o multi/user computers% lies "etween thelargest multi/user s#stems (mainramecomputers) and the smallest single/

user s#stems (microcomputers orpersonal computers)

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0. MCROCOMPUTER0. MCROCOMPUTER

Small destop or porta"lecomputer

t#picall# designed to "e used "#one person at a time

Microcomputers are the smallest

o the our classes o computer(the others are supercomputer%mainrame% and minicomputer).

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2. 3OR4STTO2. 3OR4STTO

used or engineering applications(C5+CM)% destop pu"lishing%

sotware de!elopment and othert#pes o applications that re6uirea moderate amount o

computing power and relati!el#high 6ualit# graphics capa"ilities

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