Types of Computers

By: Celine Eckert and Nima Toutounchi

Mainframe Computers

• Nick name is big iron.• used by corporate and governmental

organizations.• bulk data processing such as census, industry

and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and financial transaction processing.

• Established in 1916.

Microcomputers

• They are physically small compared to mainframe and minicomputers.

• Was common during the 1970s and 1980s• a computer with a microprocessor as

its central processing unit.

Mini computers