Different Kinds of Computers

Computers can be generally classified by type, size and power as foll

ows though there is considerable overlap.
Classification and Type of Computers
 MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES
• A class of very small, micro-processor
based hand carried device such as a t
ablet computer such as the IPad and A
ndroid devices or Smartphones such
as IPhone and Windows Mobile devic
es. In addition to its microprocessor, a
mobile computing device has a tiny ke
yboard , touchpad or touch screen for
entering data, a small high resolution
screen for displaying information, and
a storage device such as an SD Memor
y Card for saving data.
 Personal Computer (PC)
a small, micro-processor based c
omputer.

It has a keyboard for entering dat

a, a monitor for displaying infor
mation, and a storage device for
saving data.

Some PC’s are mobile and very s

mall so they can be carried
 WORKSTATION
A more powerful, single-user co
mputer.
A workstation is similar to a PC,
but it has more powerful microp
rocessor(s), faster and larger dat
a storage and higher-quality grap
hics. Usually used for some speci
al application such as application
development or computer graph
ics.
 SERVER
A multi-user computer system d
esigned to support hundreds of
users simultaneously.

A server can have many process

ors, some more than 32 process
ors.
 MAINFRAME

A very powerful multi-user com

puter capable of supporting man
y thousands of users and million
s of transactions simultaneously.
 SUPERCOMPUTER
An extremely fast computer that
can perform hundreds of billions
of instructions per second some
times using a parallel processing
architecture with hundreds or th
ousands of processors.