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ICF I
First Quarter – Module 3

Classify Computers According to

Size, Power, and Purpose
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

This module is intended to ensure learning continuity under the new “normal”
in education amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This module contains information and
suggested learning activities on Internet and Computing Fundamentals (ICF). It
includes instructional materials and activities for you to complete.
Completion of this module will help you better understand the succeeding
modules on Internet and Computing Fundamentals.
As the learning facilitator, you are requested to orient your learner on the proper
use of this module and assist teachers such as parent, elder siblings and other
significant adults to understand their potent role in optimizing this learning material
towards developing mutual responsibility for children’s success under distant learning
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Finally, please do not forget to remind the learners to use separate sheets in
answering the pre-test, self-check exercise, and post-test.
For the learner
This module is intended to help you continue learning Internet Computing
Fundamentals 7 at home. It is designed to provide you with meaningful and engaging
learning experiences that will help you enhance your knowledge and skills in Internet
Computing Fundamentals 7.
In the beginning of each lesson. You will review related topics. Then you will
discover what the learning episodes is about. After the presentation of concepts, you
will do self-check exercise that will lead you to an application task. Finally, you will be
guided in managing your takeaways.
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This module covers the knowledge, skills in ICF I

At the end of the lesson you will be able to:
1. Classify computers according to size, power and purpose.
Pre-test
Directions: Read and answer the following questions. Write the letter of the
correct answer in the space provided.

____ 1. What computer is the biggest in size and the most expensive in price?
A. Minicomputer B. Microcomputers
C. Super Computers D. Hybrid Computers
____ 2. What computer that offers less than mainframe in work and performance?
A. Analog Computers B. Hybrid Computers
C. Super Computers D. Minicomputers
____ 3. What computer is another giant computer after the supercomputer?
A. Mainframe Computer B. Supercomputer
C. Hybrid Computer D. Desktop Computer
____ 4. What computer is mostly preferred by the home users?
A. Supercomputer B. Minicomputer
C. Microcomputer D. Analog Computer
____ 5. What computer is small and can easily be arranged to fit in your single
bedroom with its all accommodation?
A. Microcomputer B. Supercomputer
C. Minicomputer E. Hybrid Computer
____ 6. What computers are mostly preferred by the small type of business,
personals, and colleges?
A. Minicomputers B. Mainframe Computer
C. Super Computers D. Microcomputers
____ 7. What computers used by government agencies for their different
calculations and heavy jobs?
A. Hybrid Computers B. Super Computers
C. Personal Computers D. Minicomputers
____ 8. What computer is also helpful for forecasting weather reports worldwide?
A. Minicomputers B. Desktop Computers
C. Super Computers D. Hybrid Computers
____ 9. What computer is commonly used in big hospitals, airline reservation
companies, and other huge companies because of its capability of retrieving data
on a huge basis?
A. Hybrid Computer B. Minicomputer
C. Mainframe Computer D. Personal Digital Assistants
____ 10. What computer is used for animation purposes in most Hollywood’s
movies?
A. Supercomputer B. Minicomputer
C. Mainframe Computer D. Microcomputer
 LO 4 PARTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
COMPUTER

Instructions: Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and write the
word FALSE it is not. Write your answer on the space provided.

_____ 1. A computer is one of the most brilliant inventions of mankind.

_____ 2. Hybrid Computers are a combination of both digital and analog
computers.
_____ 3. Microcomputers are computer with a microprocessor and its central
processing unit is known as a microcomputer.
_____ 4. Super computers use continuous variables for mathematical operations
and utilizes mechanical or electrical energy.
_____ 5. The spare parts of a mainframe computer are readily available at relative
lower costs.
_____ 6. Quantum physics, mechanics, weather forecasting, molecular theory are
best studied by means of supercomputers.
_____ 7. Analog computers run on a single battery or an external adapter that
charges the computer batteries.
_____ 8. A supercomputer is intended to be used on a single location.
_____ 9. Personal Digital Assistants can be worn on the body and are often used in
the study of behavior modeling and human health.
_____ 10. Minicomputers are also called midrange systems or workstations.
Instruction: Read the clues below and fill in the correct answer.

Across
2. It was designed by DEC in the mid-1970s to better execute programs written in
high-level programming languages.
4. It is intended to be used on a single location.
7. Computers which are mostly preferred by the small type of business, personals,
and colleges.
8. It can also process millions of instructions per second and capable of accessing
billions of data.
9. The biggest in size and the most expensive in price for it can process trillions of
instructions in seconds.
10. It was used as a standard minicomputer for general-purpose computing, such as
timesharing, scientific, educational, medical, or business computing.
Down
1. It is miniaturized and optimized for mobile use.
3. It was the flagship of the 6000 series of mainframe computer systems
manufactured by Control Data Corporation.
5. Its mission is civil scientific research.
6. A series of supercomputers designed and assembled by the Centre for
Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune, India.
Read the Information Sheet 1.3

Classification of Computers

Computers are available in different shapes, sizes, and weights, that is why
they perform different sorts of jobs from one another.

Computers vary in size and shape that is why a computer used in a hospital is
different from that used in a home.

1. Super computer

The super computer is the biggest in size and the most expensive in price for it
can process trillions of instructions in seconds. For this reason, this computer is not
used as a PC in a home or in a university.

Government agencies use this type of computer for their different calculations
and heavy jobs. On the other hand, different industries also use this huge computer
for designing their products.

Meanwhile, in most of the Hollywood’s movies, computers like these used for
animation purposes. This kind of computer is also helpful for forecasting weather
reports worldwide.

Example:

PARAM is a series of supercomputers designed and assembled by the

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune,
India. PARAM means "supreme" in the Sanskrit language, whilst also creating an
acronym for "PARAllel Machine".

Summit is also the most energy-efficient machine in the top 10 of the world’s
supercomputers. Its mission is civil scientific research, and since it came into operation
in 2018 it has already participated in projects such as the search for genetic variants
in the population related to diseases, the simulation of earthquakes in urban
environments, the study of extreme climatic phenomena, the study of materials on an
atomic scale and the explosion of supernovae, among others.
 PARAM Super Compter Summit Supercomputer

2. Mainframes

Another giant computer after the super computer is the Mainframe which can
also process millions of instruction per second and capable of accessing billions of
data. This computer is commonly used in big hospitals, air line reservation companies,
and other huge companies because of its capability of retrieving data on a huge basis.

This is too expensive for a person who wants a computer for his home. This
kind of computer can cost up to thousands of dollars.

Examples:

The IBM System/390 was the third generation of the System/360 instruction
set architecture.

The CDC 6600 was the flagship of the 6000 series of mainframe computer
systems manufactured by Control Data Corporation. It is a must-have system in high-
end scientific and mathematical computing.

IBM System/390 CDC 6600

3. Minicomputer

This computer offers less than mainframe in work and performance. Examples
are the computers which are mostly preferred by the small type of business, personals,
and colleges.

Examples:

The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment

Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the 1990s. The PDP-11 family of computers was
used for many purposes. It was used as a standard minicomputer for general-purpose
computing, such as timesharing, scientific, educational, medical, or business
computing.

VAX, also known as Virtual Address Extension, is the name of a 32-

bit ISA (instruction set architecture), and a line of computers based on that
architecture. It was designed by DEC in the mid-1970s to better execute programs
written in high-level programming languages.

PDP 11 VAX

4. Microcomputers

Almost all computer users are familiar with the personal computers. They
normally know what the personal computer is and its functions. This is the computer
mostly preferred by the home users. These computers are lesser in cost and smaller
in size compared to computers, small. They are also called PCs in short for Personal
computers.

This computer is small and can easily be arranged to fit in your single bedroom
with its all accommodation. Today this is thought to be the most popular computer.

Examples: Desktop computer, palmtop, laptop and smartphones

Instruction: Group the examples of computer according to size, power, and
purpose by filling the table below.

VAX IBM SYSTEM/390

DESKTOP COMPUTER SMARTPHONE
SUMMIT COMPUTER PARAM
LAPTOP PALMTOP
CDC 6600 PDP-11

SUPER COMPUTERS MAINFRAMES COMPUTERS

MINICOMPUTERS MICROCOMPUTERS
Instruction: Match Column A with Column B. Draw a line to match the items.

Column A Column B
1. This computer is small and can easily A. PARAM
be arranged to fit in your single
bedroom with its all accommodation.
2. It was used as a standard B. VAX
minicomputer for general-purpose
computing, such as timesharing,
scientific, educational, medical, or
business computing.

3. It was the flagship of the 6000 C. Microcomput

series of mainframe computer ers
systems manufactured by Control
Data Corporation.
4. Computers which are mostly preferred D. Mainframes
by the small type of business,
personals, and colleges.

5. Its mission is civil scientific research. E. PDP-11

6. It was designed by DEC in the mid- F. Super

1970s to better execute programs Computer
written in high-level programming
languages.
7. It was the third generation of the G. CDC 6600
System/360 instruction set
architecture.

8. A series of supercomputers designed H. IBM

and assembled by the Centre for System/360
Development of Advanced Computing
(C-DAC) in Pune, India.

9. The biggest in size and the most I. Summit

expensive in price for it can process Super
trillions of instructions in seconds. Computer
10. It can also process millions of J. Minicompute
instruction per second and capable of rs
accessing billions of data.
Instruction: Fill each blank with a correct answer of what is being described.

_____________________________1. This kind of computer is also helpful for

forecasting weather reports worldwide.

_____________________________2. This is the computer mostly preferred by the

home users.
_____________________________3. This computer is commonly used in big
hospitals, air line reservation companies, and other huge companies because of its
capability of retrieving data on a huge basis.
_____________________________4. This computer offers less than mainframe in
work and performance.
_____________________________5. It was used as a standard minicomputer for
general-purpose computing, such as timesharing, scientific, educational, medical, or
business computing.
_____________________________6. It was designed by DEC in the mid-1970s to
better execute programs written in high-level programming languages.
_____________________________7. A series of supercomputers designed and
assembled by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in
Pune, India.
_____________________________8. Its mission is civil scientific research.

_____________________________9 It was the third generation of the System/360

instruction set architecture.
_____________________________10. This computer is small and can easily be
arranged to fit in your single bedroom with its all accommodation.
Instruction: Write the importance of the following computers according to its
size, power and purpose.

1. Super Computers
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

2. Mainframe Computers
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

3. Minicomputers
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

Scoring Rubrics

Fair Good Very Good

5pts 10 pts 15 pts
Knowledge and Students were Student were able Students were
understanding able to able
to convey limited convey a few to convey several
ideas on the topic ideas ideas on the topic
with little on the topic with with a good degree
knowledge some degree of of knowledge
knowledge

Accuracy Work was Work was Work was

organized organized organized
and planned with and planned with and planned with
little effectiveness some considerable
effectiveness effectiveness

Effort Students put little Students put some Students put full
or effort into this effort into this
no effort into this activity. activity.
activity.
Rating Scale
15 - The students consistently perform tasks to standards with no supervision.
10 - The student s can perform the tasks with limited supervision
and/or does not perform the task to standard .
5 - The students can perform the tasks with direct supervision
What’s New What I Know
11. MAINFRAMES 1. C What's In
12. SUPERCOMPU 2. D
TER 3. A 1. TRUE
13. MINICOMPUTE 4. C 2. TRUE
R 5. A 3. TRUE
14. PARAM 6. A 4. FALSE
15. DESKTOP 7. B 5. FALSE
16. LAPTOP 8. C
6. TRUE
17. VAX 9. C
7. FALSE
18. MINICOMPUTE 10. A
R 8. FALSE
19. CDC6600 9. FALSE
20. SUMMITSUPER 10. TRUE
COMPUTER
Assessment What’s More What I can do
SUPER COMPUTERS 1. C
- PARAM 2. E
1. Desktop - SUMMIT 3. G
2. Hybrid Computers COMPUTER 4. J
3. Wearable MAINFRAME 5. F
Computers COMPUTERS 6. B
4. Minicomputers - IBM 7. H
5. Mainframe SYSTEM/390 8. A
Computers - CDC 6600 9. F
6. Super Computers MINICOMPUTERS 10. D
7. Laptop - PDP-11
8. Analog Computers - VAX
9. Personal Digital MACROCOMPUTERS
Assistants - DESKTOP
10. Microcomputers COMPUTER
- LAPTOP
- PALMTOP
- SMATPHONE
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Strengthens Technical Vocational Education Program Learning the Basics of

Computer DepEd
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https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/technology/innovation/the-top-10-supercomputers-the-new-
scientific-giants/

https://www.wikipedia.org/

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