WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH

ASSIGNMENT ON
Course Title: Computer Fundamentals
Course code: CSE 105

SUBMITTED TO
Md. Amirul Islam
Lecturer
World University of Bangladesh

SUBMITTED BY
Rafiqul Islam
Batch: 56A, Roll: 1175
Department Of Textile Engineering

Date of Submission: 04 June, 2022

A computer is an electronic device that manipulates information, or data. It has the ability
to store, retrieve, and process data. You may already know that you can use a computer to type
documents, send email, play games, and browse the Web. You can also use it to edit or
create spreadsheets, presentations, and even videos.
Classification of Computers by Size:
 Micro Computers
 Mini computers
 Mainframes
 Supercomputers

Here short note about them:

Micro Computers:
The smallest among them are micro computers. They are small in physical size (most of them are
desktop system; however, notebook micro computers that can fit into a briefcase are also
available). They are economical in terms of costs and are friendly in use. Personal computers
(PCs) fall into this category.
These computers can be used for small data processing jobs of bigger companies or serve as
complete computer systems for small firms. PC can also be connected with bigger computers and
be used as an intelligent terminal to a bigger computer. The details regarding their applications in
business are included in the last section of this book.

Mini computers:
Mini computers are very popular among medium sized companies. Mini computers offer
facilities for faster processing of voluminous information. Mini computers, of course, are bigger
than microcomputers but smaller than most of their elders called mainframes.
They cost somewhere between Rs. 5 to 15 lac depending upon the configuration. However, these
prices are only indicative and are subject to substantial changes over time. The mini computers
like VAX 8000 series from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and AS/400 series from IBM
have been quite popular in computer aided manufacturing, as well as departmental computers.
Mainframe computers:
Mainframes are bigger computers, capable of handling data processing needs of, say, head office
of a bank, or a big multinational company or may be a public utility office. Mainframe computer
sys-tems have larger storage and the speed of processing is also very high.
They also offer the advantage of wider choice with regard to up-gradation of the system in
future. They offer features such as par-allel processing. The parallel processing involves
combining a large number of processors that break down an application into many sepa-rate parts
in order to enhance processing speed.
The speed of process-ing is expressed in terms of 10 to 100 millions of instructions per second
(MIPS), and cost somewhere between 1 to 5 million dollars depending upon the configuration.
IBM still holds almost 80 per cent of mainframe market with its popular mainframe series IBM
Sys-tem 390.

Super computers:
Supercomputers have a speed of between 100 to 900 MIPS. They are quite expensive and cost
somewhere around 10-30 million dollars depending upon the configuration. The other
competitors of Cray supercomputers are machines from NEC of Japan.