COMPUTER SYSTEM

DEFINITION OF COMPUTER

*A COMPUTER IS A DEVICE THAT ACCEPT

INFORMATION IN FORM OF DIGITALIZED DATA AND
MANIPULATE IT FOR SOME RESULT BASED ON A
PROGRAM OR SEQUENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS ON
HOW THE DATA IS TO BE PROCESSED
 CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER

1. BY TYPE
2. BY GENERATION
3. BY SIZE
4. BY PURPOSE
 CLASSIFICATION BY TYPE

• DIGITAL COMPUTER
• ANALOG COMPUTER
• HYBRID COMPUTER
 CLASSIFICATION BY GENERATION

→ FIRST GENERATION E.G UNIVAC

• → SECOND GENERATION E.G HAVARD
• → THIRD GENERATION E.G IBM 360
• → FOURTH GENERATION E.G MICRO COMPUTER
 CLASSIFICATION BY SIZE

• # MINI COMPUTER
• # MAINFRAME COMPUTER
• # MICRO COMPUTER