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1.

Super Computers

Large scientific and research laboratories as well as the government


organizations have extra ordinary demand for processing data which
required tremendous processing speed, memory and other services
which may not be provided with any other category to meet their
needs. Therefore very large computers used are called Super
Computers. These computers are extremely expensive and the speed
is measured in billions of instructions per seconds.
Mainframe Computers
Mainframe computers are smaller than Super Computers. Usually, a
main frame would occupy an entire room and could cost over million
dollars.
The name comes from the way the machine is build up: all units
(processing, communication etc.) were hung into a frame. Thus main
computer is build into a frame, therefore it is called mainframe.
Mainframes are typically manufactured by large companies such as
Uses:
IBM, Hitachi etc.
Mainframe computers are the big, powerful,
expensive computers used in the background by
most large organizations.
Mainframe computers are used to run commercial
applications and other large-scale computing
purposes.
It is also used in banking and insurance businesses
where enormous amounts of data are processed.
For example millions of records , each day.
3. Mini Computers

Mini computers are smaller than mainframes, both in size and other
facilities such as speed, storage capacity and other services. They are
versatile that they can be fitted where ever they are needed. Their
speeds are rated between one and fifty million instructions per second
(MIPS). They have primary storage in hundred to three hundred
megabytes range with direct access storage device.
4. Micro Computers

These are the smallest range of computers. They were introduced in


the early 70’s having less storing space and processing speed. Micro
computers of todays are equivalent to the mini computers of yesterday
in terms of performing and processing. They are also called “computer
of a chip” because its entire circuitry is contained in one tiny chip. The
micro computers have a wide range of applications including uses as
portable computer that can be plugged into any wall.

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