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1、35Day1TypesofComputers&ComputerHardwareBasicTerminologynComputernnHardwarennSoftwarennNetworknnPeripheraldevicesnnInputnnDatannInformationnnOutputnnProcessingnnMemorynStoragen35Day1TypesofComputers&ComputerHardwareBasicTerminologynComputernnHardwarennSoftwarennNetworknnP
2、eripheraldevicesnnInputnnDatannInformationnnOutputnnProcessingnnMemorynStoragen35TypesofComputers________________________________nApersonalcomputer;designedtomeetthecomputerneedsofanindividual.nProvidesaccesstoawidevarietyofcomputingapplications,suchaswordprocessing,phot
3、oediting,e-mail,andinternet.________________________________nAmicrocomputerthatfitsonadeskandrunsonpowerfromanelectricalwalloutlet.nTheCPUcanbehousedineitheraverticalorahorizontalcase.nHasseparatecomponents(keyboard,mouse,etc.)thatareeachpluggedintothecomputer.__________
4、______________________nAportable,compactcomputerthatcanrunonanelectricalwalloutletorabatteryunit.nAllcomponents(keyboard,mouse,etc.)areinonecompactunit.nUsuallymoreexpensivethanacomparabledesktop.nSometimescalledaNotebook.________________________________nPowerfuldesktopc
5、omputerdesignedforspecializedtasks.nCantackletasksthatrequirealotofprocessingspeed.nCanalsobeanordinarypersonalcomputerattachedtoaLAN(localareanetwork).________________________________nAcomputerthatwasthefastestintheworldatthetimeitwasconstructed.nCantackletasksthatwould
6、notbepracticalforothercomputers.nTypicalusesnn35________________________________nLargeexpensivecomputercapableofsimultaneouslyprocessingdataforhundredsorthousandsofusers.nUsedtostore,manage,andprocesslargeamountsofdatathatneedtobereliable,secure,andcentralized.nUsuallyho
7、usedinaclosetsizedcabinet.________________________________nPurposeisto“serve.”nAcomputerthathasthepurposeofsupplyingitsuserswithdata;usuallythroughtheuseofaLAN(localareanetwork).________________________________nAlsocalledaPDA(PersonalDigitalAssistant).nAcomputerthatfitsi
8、ntoapocket,runsonbatteries,andisusedwhileholdingtheunitinyourhand.nTypicallyusedasanappointmentbook,add