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DESCRIBE ME!

Look at the pictures carefully, try to differentiate them using the table.

Picture1 Picture 2 Picture 3


Sizes
Uses
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1.What do you observed?
2.Are the computers the same?
3.What kind of computer are you familiar
with?
TYPES
OF A
COMPUTER
LEARN THE BASIC OF COMPUTER
a. identify the different types of computer;
b. differentiate the different types of computer;
and
c. value the importance of knowing the different
types computer.
 Computer- literally means
to compute or to calculate
TECHNICAL  Charles Babbage- the first
TERMS person to introduce a
computer which calculate
tables in logarithm. The
proponent of Analytical
Engine
WHAT IS A COMPUTER?
A GENERAL TERM FOR ELECTRONIC
DEVICES WHICH PROCESS DATA TO
GENERATE THE DESIRED
INFORMATION.
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

STORAGE
AT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF A COMPU
SUPERCOMPUTER
• It is the fastest and very expensive
types of computer.
• Generally occupies one floor of a
building to install all the nodes or
components of the computer.
• It has a performance rate of
TERAFLOPS or trillion of FLOPS.
• Uses- weather forecasting,
creating animated graphics, fluid
dynamic calculations, nuclear
FLOPS- Floating Point energy research and petroleum
exploration.
Operations per Second
MAINFRAME COMPUTER
• Very large and expensive computer
capable of supporting hundreds or
even thousand of users
simultaneously..
• They are as large as the size of the
room of a building.
• It has a performance rate of
GIGAFLOPS or billion of FLOPS.
• Uses- mainly used for banking
transaction processing, ATM
processing and large programs
which runs for months.
• It uses its power to execute
many programs at the same
MINICOMPUTER
• It is a middle-sized computer in terms of
size power. It is faster and has a greater
capacity than a microcomputer but
slower and less capacity than a
mainframe.
• It is typically the size and shape of a
closet, mounted in a single track.
• It has a performance rate of
MEGAFLOPS or million of FLOPS.
• Uses- multiprocessing system capable of
supporting atleast 200 users
simultaneously.
• NOTE: IT IS MERELY OBSOLETE.
MICROCOMPUTER
• Synonym for personal computer or PC
which is designed for an individual. It has a
MICROPROCESSOR CHIP called CPU.
• It can be as small as a regular typewriter
that can be placed on a desk or on a
person’s lap.
• It has a a clock rate from 8MHz to 3 GHz.
• Uses- word processing, accounting,
desktop publishing, surfing the web,
database management editing
photographs, creating graphics and playing
music or games.
• NOTE: it is now the latest version of
computer used at home, school and
EMBEDDED COMPUTER
• It contain microprocessor chips that
made them as special-purpose
computers.
• Are computers integrated into the design
of the device and run programs to control
the equipment and optimize their
performance.
• EXAMPLES: calculators, TV, remote
controls, TVs and microwaves
Let us have
an activity!
Directions: Copy the table and fill-in the table with what is
being asked. And then five members will present your output.
Directions: Copy the table and fill-in the table with what is
being asked. And then five members will present your output.

One floor TERAFLOPS/


supercompute building TRILLION
r FLOPS
Mainframe One room GIGALOPS/
computer BILLION
FLOPS
Closet/cabinet MEGAFLOPS/
minicomputer
MILLION
microcompute Regular FLOPS
8 MHZ TO 3
r typewriter GHZ
small REGULAR
Embedded SPEED
computer
Let us have
a
RECAP!
1.Why is it important to know about
computer?
2.As a learner, imagine you are one
of the type of a computer, what are
you and why?
Let us have
a
Short quiz
Directions: Choose the appropriate word or group of words from the box with what is being described on the following statements.
Write the letter of your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
Supercomputer Minicomputer
Mainframe Computer Microcomputer
Embedded Computer
1. This type of computer has a performance rate or teraflops.
2. This computer is integrated into the design of the device and run programs to control the
equipment.
3. This computer is designed for an individual that is why it commonly called as personal
computer.
4. This type of computer is faster and has a greater capacity that a microcomputer but
slower and has less capacity than a mainframe computer.
5. This type of a computer is generally used in banking transaction processing wherein it
serves as the center computer.
Directions: Choose the appropriate word or group of words from the box with what is being described on the following statements.
Write the letter of your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
Supercomputer Minicomputer
Mainframe Computer Microcomputer
Embedded Computer
1. This type of computer has a performance rate or teraflops. -SUPERCOMPUTER
2. This computer is integrated into the design of the device and run programs to control the
equipment.EMBEDDED COMPUTER
3. This computer is designed for an individual that is why it commonly called as personal
computer.MICROCOMPUTER
4. This type of computer is faster and has a greater capacity that a microcomputer but
slower and has less capacity than a mainframe computer. MINICOMPUTER
5. This type of a computer is generally used in banking transaction processing wherein it
serves as the center computer. MAINFRAME
Read more about
Have an
Microcomputers and
advance reading its type. Write
important features of
each type on your
notebook.
HAVE A NICE
DAY
AHEAD 

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