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Computer Science have millions of users using power of supercomputers and the need for
cooling systems means they require more
computers concurrently. Figure
electricity to operate. Figure 2.6 shows an
2.5 shows a mainframe computer.
example of a supercomputer.
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Figure 2.5: Mainframe computer
Figure 2.6: Example of a supercomputer
Supercomputers
Supercomputers are the most Classification based portability
powerful and most expensive Computers can be classified according to this
computers. They are used for jobs criterion as desktops, laptops, notebooks,
requiring massive computational palmtops, and tablet computers.
power, like weather forecasting
and engineering design. Desktop computers
Supercomputers have higher A desktop computer (see Figure 2.2 (a)) is a
processing speeds than all other
computers. These computers use personal computer intended for regular use at a
multiprocessing techniques to single location on a desk or table due to its size
do their job. The main difference and power requirements. It is designed to fit
between supercomputers and conveniently on top of a typical office desk. In
mainframes is that supercomputers businesses and increasingly at home, desktop
channel all their power into computers can be interconnected and can
executing a few programs as share resources such as printers. To share the
fast as possible. In contrast, resources, they must be connected to a Local
mainframes use their power Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network
to execute multiple programs (WAN) and the Internet. The connection is
concurrently. Like mainframe through cables or a wireless network, also
computers, the high processing known as Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi).
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