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TYPESOF

COMPUTERS
ANALOG, DIGITAL,HYBRID COMPUTERS
ANALOG COMPUTER
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
HYBRID COMPUTER
ANALOG COMPUTERS- These are almost extinct
today. These are different from a digital
computer because an analog computer can
perform several mathematical operations
simultaneously. It uses continuous variables for
mathematical operations and utilizes mechanical
or electrical energy.
Examples of analog computers are a
thermometer, analog clock, speedometer, and
tire pressure gauge.
DIGITAL COMPUTERS: They use digital circuits and are
designed to operate on two states, namely bits 0 and 1.
They are anagous to states ON and off. Data on these
computers is presented as a series of 0s and 1s. Digital
computers are suitable for complex computation and
have a higher processing speeds. They are
programmable. Digital computers are either general
purpose computers or special purpose ones computers,
Special purpose computers as their name suggests, are
designed for specific types of data processing while
general purpose computers are meant for general use.
Examples of special purpose computers are digital
watches. Fitbit, smartphones, calculators, etc. Examples
of General purpose computers are the IBM PC, the apple
Macintosh, desktop computers, netbooks,and laptops
HYBRID COMPUTERS: these
computers are combination of both
digital and analog computers. In this
type of computers, the digital
segments perform process control by
conversation of analog signals to
digital ones. Examples of hybrid
computers are those used in the
hospitals to measure the heartbeat
of the patient and devices used in
the petrol pump.
CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTERS
MAINFRAME COMPUTERS. Large
organizations use mainframes for
highly critical applications
such as bulk data processing, amd ERP.
Most of the mainframe computers
have the capacities to host multiple
operating systems and operate as a
number of virtual machines and can
substitute for several small servers.
MINICOMPUTERS- in Terms of size
and processing capacity, mini
computers lie in between
mainframes and microcomputers.
Minicomputers are also called
mid- range systems or
workstations. The term began to
be popularly used in the 1960s
to refer to relatively smaller
third generation computers.
SERVERS- they are computers
designed to provide services to client
machines in a computer network. They
have larger storage capacities and
powerful processors. Running on them
are programs that serve client
requests and allocate resources like
memory and time to client machines.
Usually, they are very large in size, as
they have large processors and many
hard drives, They are designed to be
SUPERCOMPUTERS- The highly calculations-
intensive tasks can be effectively performed
by means of super computers. Quanum
physics, mechanics, weather forecasting,
Molecular theory are best studied by means
and super computers. Their ability of parallel
processing and their well designed memory
hierarchy give the supercomputers. Large
transition processing powers. Examples of
super computers include Belle. Deep blue and
hydra for playing chess, gravity Piper for
astrophysics MIDGRAPE-3 for protein structure
computation molecular dynamics and deep
MICROCOMPUTERS- A computer with a micro
processor and its central processing unit is known
As microcomputers. They do not occupy space as
much as mainframes do. When supplemented with a
keyboard and a mouse, microcomputers can be called
personal computers. A monitor, a keyboard and other
similar input-output devices, computer memory in
the form of ram and power supply unit come package
in microcomputer. These computers can fit on desks
or tables and prove to be the best choice for single-
user tasks.

MICROCOMPUTERS include , desktop, laptops,


netbooks, PDAs, Tablet computers a wearable
computers.
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
IN DIFFERERENT FORMS
DESKTOP LAPTOP
NETBOOK PDA
TABLET COMPUTER WEARABLE COMPUTER
DESKTOPS. A desktop is intended to be
used on a single location. The spare parts
of a desktop computer are readily available
at relatively lower power consumption is
not as critical as that in laptops. Desktops
are widely popular for daily use in the
workplace and households.
LAPTOPS. Similar in operation to
desktops, laptop computers are
miniaturized and optimized for
mobile use. Laptops run on a
single battery or an external
adapter that charges the
computer
batteries
NETBOOKS. They fall in a
category of laptops, but are
inexpensive and relatively
smaller in size. They had a
smaller feature set and lesser
capacities in comparison to
regular laptops, at the time
they came into market.
PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS (PDA’s)-
it is handheld computer and popularly
known as palmtop. It has a touch screen
and memory card for storage of data.
PDA’s can also be used as portable audio
players, web browsers and smartphones.
Most of them can access the internet by
means of Bluetooth or Wi-fi
Communication.
TABLET COMPUTERS. Tablets Are
mobile computers that are very
handy to use they use touch
screen technology. Tablets come
with onscreen keyboard or use a
stylus or digital pen. Apple’s iPad
redefined the class of tablet
computers. Samsung tablets and
Microsoft surface are also
WEARABLE COMPUTERS. A Record-setting step in the
evolution of computers was the creation of wearable
computers. These computers can be worn on the
body and are often used in the study of behavior
modeling and human health. Military and health
professionals have incorporated wearable computers
into their daily routine, as part of such studies. When
the users’ hands and sensory organs are engaged in
other activities. Wearable computers are of great
help in tracking human actions. Wearable computers
do not have to be turned on and off in operation
without user intervention. Examples of wearable
watches are google glass, oculus rift, smartwatches,

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