Computer

By: David Sharma

 Introdution
• A computer is an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions
stored in its own memory that can accept data (input), process the data
according to specified
•  Any kind of computers consists of HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
• English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage is credited with having
conceived the first automatic digital computer. During the mid-1830s Babbage
developed plans for the Analytical Engine.
• Ada Lovelace was known as the Mother Of Computer. Augusta Ada King,
Countess of Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for
her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer,
the Analytical Engine.
• The first computer was invented by Charles Babbage (1822) but was not built
until 1991! Alan Turing invented computer science. The ENIAC (1945) was the
first electronic general-purpose digital computer, it filled a room. The Micral N
was the world's first “personal computer”(1973).
 Types of computer
• Supercomputer.
• Mainframe.
• Server Computer.
• Workstation Computer.
• Personal Computer or PC.
• Microcontroller.
• Smartphone.
• References
 Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of
performance as compared to a general-purpose computer.
The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured
in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) instead of
million instructions per second (MIPS).
 Mainframe
A mainframe is the central data repository, or hub , in a
corporation's data processing center, linked to users through
less powerful devices such as workstations or terminals. The
presence of a mainframe often implies a centralized form of
computing, as opposed to a distributed form of computing.
 Server Computers
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.Servers are computers that run services to serve the
needs of other computers. There are, for example, home media servers,
web servers, and print servers.