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PC (Personal Computer)

A PC is a small, inexpensive computer designed for individual use for tasks like word processing, accounting, and using spreadsheets and databases. At home, PCs are commonly used for games and surfing the internet. While PCs are designed as single-user systems, they are often connected together in a network. Workstations are computers used for engineering applications, publishing, and software development that require moderate computing power and graphics capabilities. Workstations typically have large, high-resolution screens, RAM, and network support. Common operating systems are UNIX and Windows NT. Minicomputers can support up to 250 users simultaneously, while mainframes are very large and expensive systems that can handle hundreds or thousands of users at once, running many

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PC (Personal Computer)

A PC is a small, inexpensive computer designed for individual use for tasks like word processing, accounting, and using spreadsheets and databases. At home, PCs are commonly used for games and surfing the internet. While PCs are designed as single-user systems, they are often connected together in a network. Workstations are computers used for engineering applications, publishing, and software development that require moderate computing power and graphics capabilities. Workstations typically have large, high-resolution screens, RAM, and network support. Common operating systems are UNIX and Windows NT. Minicomputers can support up to 250 users simultaneously, while mainframes are very large and expensive systems that can handle hundreds or thousands of users at once, running many

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Types Computer

PC (Personal Computer)
A PC can be defined as a small, relatively inexpensive computer designed for an individual user.
PCs are based on the microprocessor technology that enables manufacturers to put an entire CPU
on one chip. Businesses use personal computers for word processing, accounting, desktop
publishing, and for running spreadsheet and database management applications. At home, the
most popular use for personal computers is playing games and surfing Internet.
Although personal computers are designed as single-user systems, these systems are normally
linked together to form a network. In terms of power, now-a-days High-end models of the
Macintosh and PC offer the same computing power and graphics capability as low-end
workstations by Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell.

Workstation
Workstation is a computer used for engineering applications (CAD/CAM), desktop publishing,
software development, and other such types of applications which require a moderate amount of
computing power and relatively high quality graphics capabilities.
Workstations generally come with a large, high-resolution graphics screen, large amount of
RAM, inbuilt network support, and a graphical user interface. Most workstations also have a
mass storage device such as a disk drive, but a special type of workstation, called a diskless
workstation, comes without a disk drive.
Common operating systems for workstations are UNIX and Windows NT. Like PC, Workstations
are also single-user computers like PC but are typically linked together to form a local-area
network, although they can also be used as stand-alone systems.

Minicomputer
It is a midsize multi-processing system capable of supporting up to 250 users simultaneously.

Mainframe
Mainframe is very large in size and is an expensive computer capable of supporting hundreds or
even thousands of users simultaneously. Mainframe executes many programs concurrently and
supports many simultaneous execution of programs

Supercomputer
Supercomputers are one of the fastest computers currently available. Supercomputers are very
expensive and are employed for specialized applications that require immense amount of
mathematical calculations (number crunching). For example, weather forecasting, scientific
simulations, (animated) graphics, fluid dynamic calculations, nuclear energy research, electronic
design, and analysis of geological data (e.g. in petrochemical prospecting).

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