Week 3 - CSS- CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTERS

A type of computer which is intended to be used on a single location

• Laptop

• Desktop

• Wearable Computer

• Netbook

They use digital circuits and are designed to operate on two binary numbers, namely bits 0 and 1.

• Digital Computer

• Analog Computer

• Hybrid Computer

• Minicomputer

It is a handheld computer and popularly known as palmtop.

• Tablet

• Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)

• Wearable Computer

• Laptop

They fall in the category of laptops, but are inexpensive and smaller in size.

• Tablet

• Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)

• Netbook

• Laptop

The third Generation computer introduced the use of Integrated Circuits and time sharing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Vacuum Tubes are used as components in the fourth generation computers

• TRUE

• FALSE

Robotics and Game-Playing are an examples of artificial intelligence in fifth generation

• TRUE

• FALSE

A combination of analog and digital computers commonly known as “digi-ana” or “ana-digi”.

• Analog Computer

• Hybrid Computer

• Digital Computer

• Mainframe Computer

Minicomputer also known as Personal Computer (PC) is the most common and widely used computer today which you can see in homes, school and in most businesses.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This computer is commonly used in Worldwide Weather Forecasting, Oil Research, Aircraft Design, Mathematical

Research, and NASA.

• Mainframe computer

• Minicomputer

• Microcomputer

• Supercomputer