Types of computers

We have defined a computer and known it’s uses, now is the time to understand the types of computers that exit.

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Personal Computers

These are computers which are very common and inexpensive compared with these other types of computers. They are usually used for playing games as well as researching things online just like you who are using computers when reading this post right now are doing.

Work Station

These are computers that are bit expensive compare with personal computers and unlike them; these are usually used in developing applications.

Mini Computers

These computers are mini complex; they have a relatively powerful processor as compared to Work Station and Personal Computers. They are capable of supporting up to 250 users simultaneously hence are good for use in organizations and companies that need hundreds of operations carried out at the same time.

Mainframe Computer

These are large size computers and are very expensive. They are capable of supporting thousands of users at once. They are used for complex mathematical calculations that effectively cannot be done by humans.

Super Computers

These are the most expensive of them all and by far the most powerful computers on the planet. They are used to compute to thousands of extremely complex mathematical calculations every second hence used in weather forecasting, geographical coordinate calculations, electronic designing and other dynamic calculation. These are very expensive such that they are mostly used by large organizations like National Aeronautics and Space   Administration (NASA).