Types of Computers

Computers : Types of Computer and Category

by Muhammad Yousuf Ali

This blogs is written for the beginner students and general users of the computers provide basic information/concept about the computers and it different types and category. This blog is also discuss the following points about the computers.

What is Computer ?

What are the different Types of computers ?

What are the different category of computers?

What is computer?

A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically  and run sequence of instructions on how the data is to be processed. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs.

What are the different Types of computers ?

Types of Computer

1. Super Computer

2. Desktop Computer | Personal Computer

3. Mini Computer

4. Mainframe Computers 

5. WorkStation

6. Server

1. Super Computer

A supercomputer is a computer that performs at or near the highest operational rate for computers. Traditionally, supercomputers have been used for scientific and engineering applications that must handle massive databases, do a great amount of computation or both.

2. Desktop Computer | Personal Computer (PC)

A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose microcomputer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or technician.

3. Mini Computer

Minicomputer, computer that was smaller, less expensive, and less powerful than a mainframe or supercomputer but more expensive and more powerful than a personal computer. Minicomputers were used for scientific and engineering computations, business transaction processing, file handling, and database management.

4. Mainframe Computers

A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.

5. WorkStation Computer 

A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications. Intended primarily to be used by a single user, they are commonly connected to a local area network and run multi-user operating systems.

6. Server Computer 

A server is a computer program or device that provides a service to another computer program and its user, also known as the client. In a data center, the physical computer that a server program runs on is also frequently referred to as a server.

What are the different category of computers?

There are three category of computers 

1. Analogue computers 

2. Digital computers 

3. Hybrid computers

1. Analogue computers

 An Analog computer, any of a class of devices in which continuously variable physical quantities, such as electrical potential, fluid pressure, or mechanical motion, are represented in a way analogous to the corresponding quantities in the problem to be solved.

2. Digital computers

 A digital computer is machine that stores data in a numerical format and performs operations on that data using mathematical manipulation. 

3. Hybrid computers

Hybrid computers are computers that exhibit features of analog computers and digital computers. The digital component normally serves as the controller and provides logical and numerical operations, while the analog component often serves as a solver of differential equations and other mathematically complex problems

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Ali M.Y (2023). Computers : Types of Computer and Category. https://profileusuf.wordpress.com/types-of-computers/