It is a type of computer or rather say a tablet PC which comes with a pen device...
It may be used for creating charts or preparing reports etc.
disadvantages of hybrid computers
Digital computers are purely digital, i.e. they use digital(electronic) means to process data. Hybrid computers conversely use both digital and analog technologies.
George Hannauer has written: 'Basics of parallel hybrid computers' -- subject(s): Handbooks, manuals, Hybrid computers
Hybrid computers use alot less energy than super computers but do not run as well. usally hybrid computers are used as servers for they are capable of many things but are always running therefor more efficent
ANALOGUE COMPUTERS ARE THE COMPUTERS WHICH PROCESS DATA IN A WAVE FORM WHILE HYBRID COMPUTERS POSSESS DATA IN BOTH DISCREET AND WAVE FORMS.
pen and paper.
Hybrid computers are computers that exhibit features of analog computers and digital computers. The digital component normally serves as the controller and provides logical operations, while the analog component normally serves as a solver of differential equations.
That is it. All known computers can be put in one of those categories. Some may argue that a neural net computer (like the human brain) defines a fourth type of computer, but even that really is a hybrid.
Included in this industry are digital computers, analog computers, and hybrid digital/analog computers.
Computers are designed according to the data they are supposed to process. In this regard there are three types of computers Analogue, Digital and Hybrid.
Examples of hybrid computers include the IBM 7030 Stretch, UNIVAC LARC, and CRAY-1. These systems combine the speed of digital computing with the ability to process continuous data like analog computers. Hybrid computers are often used in complex scientific and engineering applications.
Hybrid computers are the computers that have the features of both digital and analog computers.The idea behind this hybrid computers is to create a working unit that offers the best of both types of computer.it uses analog components for computational purposes and digital components for processing and storage of results.E.g; hybrid computers are used at the space launch system when sending astronauts in the space for scientific research and exploration.This computer measures the temperature,wind,speed,the humidity of the space and then translated these quantities into digital form for analysis and processing.