Types of Computers

How many can you name?

Desktop Microcomputers

• A personal computer based on a microprocessor

• This is what you probably have at home

Work Station

• A desktop computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer

• This is what you have at school

Laptop or Notebook

• A portable computer small enough to use on one’s lap

• Laps come in all sizes; laptops generally do not

Mainframe

• A large, powerful, expensive computer system capable of accommodating hundreds of users doing different computing tasks.

• I used the WANG system in my earlier years

Handheld

• Compact enough to be used or operated while being held in the hand or hands: a hand-held video camera

• Some of these double as phones

Answers these questions:

• What kind of computer do most people have at home?

• A desktop computer is generally more powerful than what?

• What is another name for a laptop?

• The Wang system which supplied services to hundreds of thousands of users is an example of what?

• What is the smallest of all computers?

Now Make Your Own Show

• Your show should review all the different kinds of computers

• Each computer needs a graphic (not the one I used) to show the type of computer it is

• Do something spectacular with your show (hyperlinks, interesting animations, creative graphic design)