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COMPUTER is a digital electronics device, operating under the instructions stored on its own
memory that can accept data, process the data according to specified rules, produce results and
store the results for future use.
TYPES OF COMPUTERS
1. Personal Computer - is a computer that can perform all of its input, processing, output,
and storage activities by itself.
Types of Personal Computer
a. Desktop Computer - is designed so that the system unit, the input devices, output
devices fit entirely on or under the desk or table.
b. Laptop or Notebook Computer - is a personal computer often designed to fit on your
lap.
c. Tablet PC is a special type of notebook computer that allows you to write or draw
on the screen using a digital pen.
d. PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) provides personal information management
functions such as a calendar, appointment book, an address book, a calculator, and a
notepad.
e. Smart Phone is an internet-enabled phone that usually provides personal
information management functions in addition to phone capabilities.
f. Hand Held Computer (UMPC Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer) is a computer
small enough to fit in one hand that can communicate wirelessly with other devices or
computers.
2. Server / Mainframe - powerful computer that provide information services to numerous
users over a computer network.
3. Supercomputers - is the most expensive and powerful computers harnessing the strength
of hundreds or even thousands of processors simultaneously to accomplish very difficult
task.
4. Special-Purpose Computers - computers manufactured to serve a specific purpose, such
as game consoles, digital media players, digital cameras, and smart home appliances.
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3. Storage - device that holds data, instructions, and information for future used.
Examples of Storage Device:
a. Hard Disk also called a hard disk drive or hard drive, is a storage device that
contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that use magnetic particles to store
data, instructions, and information.
b. Optical Disc - is a type of storage media consists of a flat, round, portable disc made
of metal, plastic, and lacquer that is written and read by a laser.
Types of Optical Disc
a. CD Compact Disc
b. DVD Digital Versatile Disc
c. BD Blu-ray Disc
c. Flash Drive is a flash memory storage device that plugs in a USB port on a
computer or mobile device.
d. Memory (RAM- Random Access Memory) also called main memory, consists of
memory chips that can be read from and written to by the processor and other
devices.
e. Floppy Disk Alternatively referred to as a floppy or floppy disk, a floppy diskette
was first created in 1967 by IBM as an alternative to buying hard drives that were
extremely expensive at the time.
f. External Storage Device - comprises devices that temporarily store information for
transporting from computer to computer. Such devices are not permanently fixed
inside a computer.
4. Processing is any device in a computer that handles this intermediate stage, being
responsible for controlling the storage and retrieval of data.
Examples of processing device:
a. Processor (CPU Central Processing Unit) interprets and carries out the basic
instructions that operate a computer. It is the brain of the computer system
b. GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a programmable logic chip that renders
images, animations and video for the computer's screen. GPUs are located on
plug-in cards, in a chipset on the motherboard or in the same chip as the CPU (see
diagram below). A GPU performs parallel operations on data to render images for
the screen.
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Information Processing - A data warehouse allows to process the data stored in it. The
data can be processed by means of querying, basic statistical analysis, reporting using
crosstabs, tables, charts, or graphs.
Analytical Processing - A data warehouse supports analytical processing of the
information stored in it. The data can be analyzed by means of basic OLAP operations,
including slice-and-dice, drill down, drill up, and pivoting.
Data Mining - Data mining supports knowledge discovery by finding hidden patterns
and associations, constructing analytical models, performing classification and
prediction. These mining results can be presented using the visualization tools.
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