Classification of

Computers
Mainframe Computer
 Mainframe Computer
• High level computers designed for the
most concentrated computational jobs.
• Used to process tasks in large
companies and establishments.
• Also used in government agencies
 ENIAC (Electronic Numerical
Integrator and Computer)
• The first mainframe computer
• Can perform about 5000 calculations per
second
• Used about 18,000 vacuum tubes each the
size of a small light bulb to process data
 ENIAC (Electronic Numerical
Integrator and Computer)
• Composed of 30 separate units
• Weighed more than 30 tons (27,215.54
Kilogram)
• Occupied 1800 sq. ft. (the size of a very
large room)
 UNIVAC (Universal
Automatic Computer)
• Successor of the ENIAC
• Was introduced in February 1946 by an
American physicist named John Mauchly
and an American electrical engineer
named John Presper Eckert, Jr.
 UNIVAC (Universal
Automatic Computer)
• Could perform up to 1905 operations per
second
• Contained about 5000 vacuum tubes
• Occupied 943 cubic feet and weighed 8
tons
Supercomputers
 Supercomputers
• High-speed computers that have the
highest processing speeds
• Most powerful mainframes
• Capable of billions of arithmetic operations
• Contain hundreds of processing units
similar to the central processing unit (CPU)
 Supercomputers
• Linked together in parallel so that highly
complex computations can be carried out
at the same time
• Used for jobs that need large calculations
 Supercomputers
• Linked together in parallel so that highly
complex computations can be carried out
at the same time
• Used for jobs that need large calculations
Cray-1
 Cray-1
• First supercomputer
• Developed by Cray Research
• First sold in 1976
Cray-2
 Cray-2
• Introduced nine years after the Cray-1 was
made
• Designed by Seymour Cray of Cray Research
• Used for very complex problems such as
mathematical studies, speech analysis,
weather forecasting and basic questions in
chemistry and physics
Minicomputer
 Minicomputer
• Mid-level computers built to perform
computations
• Used heavily in transaction-processing
applications
• Commonly connected to other minicomputers
on a network
• Used by many people at the same time in
some establishments and corporations
Server
 Server
• Computers that supply services or data to
other machines on a local area network
(LAN)
• Make programs available to computer
users connected to a computer network
• Links the communication between
computers on the network
Personal Computer
 Personal Computer
• Used only by a single person
• Work using a monitor and a keyboard
• Come in different sizes and shapes
Components of a
Computer
 Hardware
• Those that you can see and touch
• Divided into parts; input devices,
system units, output devices and
storage devices
 Software

• Programs and applications that

can be run into your computer
system
Peopleware

• Person/people who operate and

use computers
 Activity

• Give the 3 components of a

computer and give a brief
description for each.