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TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Types of computer
1.Desktop computer
2.Mobile computer
3.Laptop (notebook) computer
4.Smartphones
5.Tablet computer
TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Desktop Computer Disadvantages

This is also called general-purpose Not portable


computer which is made up of monitor,
Complicated because the parts need to be
keyboard, mouse and processor unit.
hooked up by wiring cluttering a desk
Advantages place,

Spare parts and connections are When trying to work else where you have
standardized that’s why they have a lower to transfer your information to an external
cost. drive.

Easier and cheaper to upgrade/expand Uses

Better specs for a given price Office and business work

Power consumption is not critical Educational use

Cant be easily stollen or damaged Used for gaming


Internet access can be stable because of General entertainment
TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Mobile Computers Disadvantages

Unlike desktop computers these computers are • They are easier to steal
indeed mobile and more portable. These include:
• They have a limited battery life
laptops, tablets, smartphones and phablets,

Laptop computer • The keyboard and pointing device can be


awkward to use depending on the computer
Refers to computers with keyboard, pointing
device, monitor and processors are all in one • It is not always easy to upgrade
unit making them very portable.
Uses
Advantages
• Office and business work
• Portability
• Educational use
• No trailing wires
• Used for gaming
• They take much smaller space
• General entertainment
• Access to wi-fi is easier
• Used in control and monitoring (portability
• Linking them to any multi-media is much and battery allows them to be carried
easier
TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Smartphones • They use a number of sensors including:

1. Proximity sensors-when you are on a


Allow normal phone calls to be made, run a
call the phone blocks unintended
number of applications known as applets,
touches if the phone is close to a body
send and receive emails, take pics and
videos etc. 2. Accelerometers – used to detect
movements and orientation
Some typical features include
3. Can use sophisticated speech
• High-definition, anti-glare displays recognition
• Front and back cameras They use Organic Light Emitting diode
(OLED) making them lighter and thinner. In
• Lower weight longer battery life
future they maybe coated with crystalline
• Use Bluetooth to connect to other layer allowing them to use solar to charge
the battery. This will allow them to use Li-Fi
gadgets
and not Wi-Fi.
• Using flash, memory cards and cloud
Li-Fi uses light to communicate while Wi-Fi
storage
uses radio waves.
TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Smartphones Disadvantages

• They are easier to steal


Advantages
• They have a limited battery life
• Portability
• The keyboard and pointing device can be
• to any multi-media is much easier awkward to use depending on the computer

• It is not always easy to upgrade

Uses

• Office and business work

• Educational use

• Used for gaming

• General entertainment

• Used in control and monitoring (portability


and battery allows them to be carried
TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Emerging technology Advantages

Impact of emerging technology • Improved services

Artificial Intelligence • Improved security

• This is a machine or application which • Improved products


carries out tasks that require some level
• New technical jobs could be created
of intelligence like:

• Learning how to use languages Three Robotic laws produced by Isaac

• Robots may not injure a human through


• Recognizing a person
action or inaction
• Operating machines like driving a car
• Robots must obey orders given by human
• Analise data to predict the outcome
• The robot must protect itself unless it
• This will eventually replace human conflicts with the two laws
beings in many work areas/places
TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Emerging technology Augmented reality

Disadvantages • This includes

• Could lead to a number of job losses in • Allow the user to experience


many areas relationship between virtual and
physical worlds
• Dependency on technology
• Virtual information and objects are
• Loss of skills (Relaced by robots) overlaid onto real world situations
Extended reality • Augmented reality can be
experienced through special goggles
• This refers to real virtual combined or smartphone
environments like
• The user is not separated from the
• Augmented reality real world
• Virtual reality • Pokémon GO game is an example
• Mixed reality
TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Emerging technology Virtual reality

• Features include
Future impact of augmented reality
• Taking the user out of the world
• Safety and rescue operation(3D image of an
area) • Users fully immersed in simulated worlds

• Entertainment (Interacting with characters • User must ware VR headsets or head


eg. movie stars) mounted display with 360 view of the
world
• Shopping and retail (trying out outfit before
buying, virtual tour of a car before buying) • Can be used in teaching procedures

• Healthcare doctors now use echopixel to Impact of VR


build a 3D image to better understand • Military application (training)
patient bodies
• Education (looking inside a patient)

• Healthcare (Diagnostic tools)

• Entertainment (games)
TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

Emerging technology Virtual reality

• Features include
Fashion (trying out clothes before the real
show begin) • Taking the user out of the world

Heritage (allow user to walk around • Users fully immersed in simulated worlds
monuments like stone henge)
• User must ware VR headsets or head
Business (training course) mounted display with 360 view of the
world
Engineering (designs of houses, bridges etc.)
• Can be used in teaching procedures
Sport (golf)
Impact of VR
Media (movie special effects) • Military application (training)
Scientific visualization (Molecular structure) • Education (looking inside a patient)

• Healthcare (Diagnostic tools)

• Entertainment (games)
TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM

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