Classification of Digital Computers

Personal or Micro.

Computers for personal use come in all shapes and sizes from Tiny PDAs (personal digital assistant) to PC (personal computer) towers.

Main Frame.

The main frame is the workhorse of the business world. A main frame is the heart of a network of computers which allows hundreds of people to work at the same time on the same data. It requires a special environment cold and dry.

Supercomputers.

The supercomputer is the top of the large in power and expense. These are used for jobs that take large amounts of calculations like weather forecasting, engineering design and economic forecasting etc.

Minicomputer.

The minicomputer has become less important since the PC has gotten so powerful on its own. Infact the ordinary new PC is much more powerful than minicomputers. Originally this size was developed to handle specific tasks like engineering (AL) calculations.