Types of Computers

Computers have penetrated into the various sectors of our lives, not just used by the office, academics, students, The children are already familiar with this computer. Simply put, a computer may be defined as an electronic device that accepts input (can be input from the keyboard, mouse, fingerprint, retina of the eye, etc. and then processed by the processor and displayed on a monitor or in hardcopy (printer). Lots of division or criteria attached to the computer, we discuss the following eight types of computers.


1. PC or Personal Computer

As the name implies the personal computer, the PC is a computer that is intended for the use of one person or privately owned. Before this PC appears, tangible computer formerly very large, so it is only owned by a particular company only. The first PC that diproduki named Altair MITS in 1975.

2. Computer Desktop

That computer is not designed to be moved, move, or specifically designed to be placed somewhere as above workbench. This kind of computer is very much on the market, especially among colleges, offices and companies.

3. Laptop

Formerly the term is different from the notebook laptop in terms of size, but now the laptop or notebook refers to the same purpose, namely portable computer (portable) that integrates directly with a monitor, keyboard, mouse pad / trackbal, processor, harrdisk, memory and other peripherals with a small size and light weight. Of the ability to even exceed the desktop computer or PC ..

4. PDA, Personal Digital Assistants

PDA is a sophisticated computer that uses flash memory as a storage medium replacement. PDA does not have a keyboard, but uses touch screen technology (touchscreen) as an input medium. PDA has a very small size, slightly above the size of a mobile phone and can be easily taken anywhere.

5. Computer Workstation

Workstation is actually a desktop computer that has major advantages in terms of the ability of the processor, large memory, and ability to run applications that require high performance, such as three-dimensional applications, graphics, multimedia and so forth.

6. Computer Servers

The server is a computer intended to provide services to other computers (clients) on a network. The server machine has a powerful processor, large memory and a larger hard drive capacity.

7. Mainframe Computer

Is a computer with a large size that is able to serve hundreds of application programs simultaneously, supports dozens of different programming languages, capable of storing and accessing the library routine with a large capacity, capable of serving hundreds of transactions simultaneously, even more and other advantages. This computer usually serves as a data center at a large company. But with the times, the latest computers today will gradually be able to compete with the advantages of mainframe computers. To measure was referred to as a mini computer and the smaller size is called the micro-computer.

8. Wearable Computer

Wearable Computer is the latest development in the field of computers, computer peripheral that integrates like clothes only. Applications that are commonly used such as email, databases, multimedia, calendar, integrated directly with watches, cell phones or other forms. So the computer is integrated into our daily lives.