Friday, May 28, 2010

Computer hierarchy

Supercomputers
The term supercomputer does not refer to a specific technology, nut to the fastest computing engines available at any give time. Super computers typically run military and scientific applications, although their use of commercial applications.

Mainframe
Mainframe remains popular in large enterprise for extensive computing applications that are accessed by thousands of users. Mainframe are less powerful and generally less expensive than supercomputer.

Minicomputers
are relatively small inexpensive and compact computers that perform the same functions as mainframe computers, but to a more limited extent. These computer are designed to accomplist specific taskes such as process control, scientific research and engineering applications

Microcomputer
Are the smallest and least expensive category of general purpose computers They can be sub divided into four classifications based on their size desktop thin clients notebooks and laptops.

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