ASSIGNMENT EN ANWAR : APPLICATION OF IT
NAME:
NURUL JAMILAH BINTI MOHAMAD KAMAL
PRACTICUM:
S3AP4
MATRIC
NO: MS1612******
TOPIC:
CATEGORIES OF COMPUTERS
Table of Contents
CATEGORIES OF COMPUTERS
WHAT IS A COMPUTER?
A computer
is a programmable electronic device that performs 4 basic operations that is
accepts data input, processes the data, outputs the results, and stores the
results.
CATEGORIES OF
COMPUTERS:
Ø Supercomputers
Ø Mainframes Computers
Ø Personal
Computers (PCs)
Ø Mobile Computers
and Devices
Ø Embedded
Computers
SUPERCOMPUTERS
DEFINITION
OF SUPERCOMPUTERS:
Ø Supercomputer is
the fastest and most powerful type of computer that is capable of processing
trillions of instructions per second.
Or
Ø Supercomputer is
extremely powerful computer used for complex computations and processing in
research and academics.
EXAMPLES OF
SUPERCOMPUTERS:
MAINFRAME COMPUTERS
DEFINITION
OF MAINFRAME COMPUTERS:
Ø A mainframe is a
large and powerful computer that handles many connected users simultaneously,
and used to host a large amount of data and program.
Or
Ø A mainframe is a
large and powerful computer capable of serving many users and processing large
amounts of business data at once.
EXAMPLES OF
MAINFRAME COMPUTERS:
CAPABILITIES AND EXAMPLES OF
INSTITUTION USE SUPERCOMPUTERS AND MAINFRAME COMPUTERS
CATEGORIES
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CAPABILITIES
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EXAMPLES OF
INSTITUTION THAT USE IT
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PHYSICAL
SIZE
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SPEED
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STORAGE
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SUPERCOMPUTERS
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Full room of equipment
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The fastest and most powerful type of
computer with thousands of processors
capable of processing trillions of instructions per second
|
Highest
storage capacity that can store complex and
sophisticated applications, and can
store more than 20,000 times the data and information of an average desktop computer
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Ø The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ø National
Nuclear Security Administration
Ø Minnesota
Supercomputing Institute
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MAINFRAME
COMPUTERS
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Partial room to a full room of equipment
|
A large and powerful computer that can process millions of instructions per
second and handle thousands of connected computers
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Large
storage capacity that can store data,
instructions, and information for business applications and activities.
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Ø United
States Postal Service
Ø Swiss
Reinsurance
Ø Reserve
Bank of India
Ø Union
Bank
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Bibliography
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Moore ,
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University of Minnesota Web. 29 July 2010. http://www1.umn.edu/news/features/2009/UR_CONTENT_148391.html.
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