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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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