Types of Computer

Name.

1a. Explain what you understand by the term supercomputer

1b. Identify two organisations which might use a supercomputer and say
what they would use it for

1c. Describe the type of environment that needs to be set up to ensure that
a supercomputer can work properly.

1d. Explain why you think it is necessary to have a back up power

generator for a supercomputer

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1e. Why do you think that only a few organisations have a supercomputer?

2a. Explain the difference between a mainframe and a supercomputer

2b. Identify two organisations which might use a mainframe and say what
they would use it for

2c. Describe the type of environment that needs to be set up to ensure that
a mainframe can work properly.

2d. What was the extra fact that you found out by yourself about
mainframe computers?

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3. Identify who might use a Personal Computer and think of three tasks
which they could use it for.

4a. Explain why laptop computers have increased in popularity over the last
few years.

4b. What was the extra fact that you found out by yourself about laptop
computers?

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5. Explain why PDAs are so popular and identify three things that a PDA
could be used to do.

6a. Explain what the term embedded computer means

6b. Identify three items which might contain an embedded computer.

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