CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER ACCORDING TYPE

 CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER ACCORDING TO TYPES

TION OF COMPUTER BY TYPES Computers can be classified by types into THREE major types. They are:

DIGITAL COMPUTER

ANALOGUE COMPUTER

HYBRID COMPUTER

DIGITAL COMPUTER

This is the most common type of computer today. It measures physical quantities by counting. Examples are calculator,digital wrist watches, digital fuel dispenser etc.

ANALOGUE COMPUTER

This type of computer is used to measure and process continuous data such as speed, temperature, heartbeat etc. Examples are speedometer, thermometer etc.

HYBRID COMPUTER

This type of computer combines the features of digital and analogue computers together. It is a combinations of digital and analogue computers.

 

CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER BY FUNCTIONALITY

Classification of computer according to purpose can be grouped into two (2), namely:

1. General purpose computers

2. Special purpose computers

· SPECIAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS

These are computers designed solely to solve a restricted class of problem e.g computer for medical diagnosis, weapon guidance, traffic control, weather study and forecast etc.

· GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS

These are computers designed solely to solve a vast variety of problems e.g it can be used for Word processing and at the same time used for graphics, database, spreadsheet etc.