❖COMPUTER OF INDIVIDUAL USERS:

Any computer system that can be used by single user for Multi tasking
purpose.
INCLUDES:
✓ DESKTOP COMPUTERS:
✓ Desktop Computers are meant to stay at one location.
✓ It includes Monitor/LED, keyboard, Mouse or any other portable
device.
❖ NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS:
✓ Notebook Computers are powered by battery that can be through
battery backup for certain time period.
✓ It can be easily located from one place to another.
✓ More Modernized form of Desktop Computers in terms of their
features.
✓ Difference in Note Book and Laptop is very insignificant. The main
difference is in their weight.
✓ TABLET COMPUTER:
✓ Unlike Desktop and major variety of laptops, a Tablet is designed in
touch screen personal computer that has no mouse, keyboard or any
output device portable slots. Alternately, these output devices are
displaced with touch screen.
✓ Access of wireless internet usage.
✓ Smaller than Notebook or laptops but larger in size than Smart
phones.
❖ SMART PHONES:
✓ A Cellular device that has a facility of SIM Slot for connecting peoples.
✓ A smart phone is a mobile phone with highly advanced features
✓ A typical smart phone has a high-resolution touch screen display, Wi-
Fi connectivity, Web browsing capabilities, and the ability to accept
sophisticated applications.
✓ The majority of these devices run on any of these popular mobile
operating systems:
✓ Android, IOS, BlackBerry OS and Windows Mobile.
❖HAND HELD COMPUTERS:
✓ A portable computer that can be carried with one hand.
✓ Used for Maintaining schedules, keeping names and phone
numbers, doing simple calculations, taking notes etc.
✓ Features of handheld computers calendar, diary organizing,
word processing and data management tools.
❖WORK STATION:
✓ A workstation computer is designed for individual use
that can be faster and more capable than personal
computers.
✓ Used for business purposes rather than home usage.
✓ Consist of faster micro processors and large amount of
Random access memory(RAM)
✓ Best Example is “UNIX” operating System.
✓ Used in Engineering companies, architects and graphic
designers etc.