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Although Mainframes are not as powerful as supercomputers, but certainly they are quite expensive nonetheless, and many large firms & government organizations uses Mainframes to run their business operations. The Mainframe computers can be accommodated in large air-conditioned rooms because of its size. Super-computers are the fastest computers with large data storage capacity, Mainframes can also process & store large amount of data. Banks educational institutions & insurance companies use mainframe computers to store data about their customers, students & insurance policy holders.
-In terms of types of computer use
There are4 Type of Computer:
1. PC Personal Computer ( for Personal use in work or home)
2. Server ( used in Company to full control and security for users ,printer and other devices es on network )
3. Workstation ( Same PC but with supper properties used usually on Company)
4.supper Computer ( Used with special environment)
-Types of computer in terms of technical
there are2 kind type:
1- IBM ( The most common )
2. apple Macintosh
Supercomputers are the fastest and the most expensive computers. These huge computers are used to solve very complex science and engineering problems. Supercomputers get their processing power by taking advantage of parallel processing; they use lots of CPUs at the same time on one problem. A typical supercomputer can do up to ten trillion individual calculations every second.
Example Supercomputers:
