Computer Classification Kylia Ivory Mainframe A high speedcomputer

Computer Classification Kylia Ivory

Mainframe • A high speed-computer, esp. one supporting Numerous workstation or peripherals. • The history of operating systems running on IBM mainframes. • Computer capable of supporting many users and many applications simultaneously.

Mini Computer • A computer of medium power, more then a microcomputer but less then a mainframe. • Created as a theoretical possibility in 1971 By Xerox, inc. • Mini computer used for job applications.

Micro Computer • Small computer that contains microprocessor. • Research department in 1969 to find a new applications for silicon technology, which was the micro computer. • It finds use in several applications.

Computer Hardware • Hardware is a term for all the physical parts of a computer. • Computer hardware involved from machines that needed separate manual actions to preform each arithmetic. • People need system hardware to use there computers in different ways.

Central Processor Unit • The hardware within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program. • Physically to preform different task. • To do different things on your computer

Input Peripheral • Definition • Example • Picture

Output Peripheral • Definition • Example • Picture

Storage Systems • Definition • Example • Picture

Storage Devices • Definition • Example • Picture