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Supercomputers
These are the largest and fastest of all types
of computers. They can process a very large
amount of data quickly.
They are used in very big organisations and
government departments to do tasks such as
weather forecasting and rocket launching.
Supercomputers
Info Byte
PARAM was India’s first supercomputer, developed in 1991.
If CPU is the brain of a computer, then which computer hardware is its ear?
To Sum Up
A computer system is made up of many parts.
The parts of a computer that we can see and touch are called hardware.
The devices that are used to enter data into the computer and give orders are
called input devices.
The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is a processing device that works on input
and sends the result to the output devices.
The result we get after processing is called output.
The devices that are used to store data are called storage devices.
A computer works on the IPO (Input-Process-Output) cycle.
A computer needs instructions to do anything. These step-wise instructions are
called software.
A software that controls and manages all the activities of a computer system is
called system software.
The software that are designed to perform some specific type of jobs on a
computer are called application software.
Microcomputers, minicomputers and supercomputers are the three different
types of computers.
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A Computer System

