Write the types of Digital Computer with shortly discuss?
Answer: There are two main categories of digital computers, namely general purpose and special purpose computers. Special purpose computers are designed and built for a specific application, whereas general purpose computers, the ones seen most commonly today, can be used for any application.
Within these two categories of digital computers, a classification based on capacity and performance allows a further distinction between four types of digital computers, namely the super, mainframe, mini and Micro Computer
Micro Computer: The computer where be used micro-processor is called Micro Computer .The micro computer is also personal computer or (pc), we use this kind of computer to use for own personal work. The micro computers for pc are the small size basically used for family or office activities. The commonly used micro computer at various desktop and laptop or notebook computer. The most popular pc menu features are -Dell, HD, IBM, Sony etc.
Mini Computer:- Mini computer is more powerful then pc but its size is smaller than mainframes, used as server. Server is the computer that provides service such as printing web, file, mail etc. The computer requesting service is called client server usually is a multi-user and multi-tasking.
Main frames computer:- Larger size and more powerful then minicomputer. It has many processor and larger storage capacity. Eg>: ATM Banking system used mainframe computer. ATM Automatic Teller Machine.
Super Computer:- The most powerful computer. It is also larger in size and it has larger storage capacity. There are thousands of processors (CPU) working simultaneously. It is usually for research work. Eg> CRAY I, Weather forecasting space missions, Cyber- 205 etc.
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