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    The Caribbean Development Bank plans to establish a meteorological station on a Caribbean island to forecast weather in the region. A supercomputer is suitable because it can process large amounts of data quickly and connect local networks throughout the Caribbean to form a wide area network via telecommunication lines. Supercomputers are still used in industries like oil exploration, aerospace engineering, and pharmaceutical research besides weather forecasting.

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    The Caribbean Development Bank plans to establish a meteorological station on a Caribbean island to forecast weather in the region. A supercomputer is suitable because it can process large amounts of data quickly and connect local networks throughout the Caribbean to form a wide area network via telecommunication lines. Supercomputers are still used in industries like oil exploration, aerospace engineering, and pharmaceutical research besides weather forecasting.

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    1. The Caribbean Development Bank plans to fund a project to establish a meteorological station in a
    Caribbean island, to forecast and monitor weather conditions in the region. The type of computer
    system suitable for this project is a supercomputer.

    (a) State TWO reasons why a supercomputer is suitable for this project.

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    (b) The local area networks of stakeholders throughout the Caribbean region are to be connected

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    to the supercomputer to form a wide area network, using telecommunication lines.

    (i) Identify the MOST important hardware device that is necessary for this connection.

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    (c) State TWO examples of industries, other than weather forecasting, in which supercomputers
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    (d) State TWO characteristics of desktop or personal computers that make them popular among
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    (e) State TWO areas where desktop or personal computers are widely used.

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