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Why can't the term workstation be applied to ordinary personal computers that are connected to a network?
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∙ 13y ago
The term workstation is generally reserved for computers that are designated to have many people use them, or a computer used as an access point to a group of servers.
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What is a personal computer that may or not be connected to a network?
A workstation
What helped to popularize personal computers with ordinary people during the early 1980?
Personal computers became popular to ordinary people because of the wide range of software programs.
What is a computer that is attached to a network called?
A personal computer that is connected to a network is called a workstation or terminal.
What is the differences between workstations and personal computers?
None, really. It's like a ship or a boat (one sounds much bigger). Personal Computer sounds, well, personal; a workstation sounds like work. However, PC is also used to refer to a Windows PC. (think "I'm a mac/I'm a PC" commercials)
What is micro computers?
micro computers are computers that are designed to be used by only one person. they are also called PCs - Personal Computers. there are 6 main types of micro computers- laptop/ notebook, PDA, palmtop now replaced by tablet, desktop, workstation and PC.
How many categories are general-purpose computers divided into?
computers are categories into three. these are: 1) Supercomputer 2) Minicomputer 3) Microcomputer
Personal computer vs network computer?
Personal Computer is the computer that is not connected unto any other computer. Network Computer are computers that are inter-connected with each others. Network Computer can access any other computers files/data from one another.
Will network computers will replace personal computers in many applications?
Nowadays, just about ANY computer is a "network computer", since they are all connected to networks.
What do you use an IP scanner for?
IP scanners will detect what IP addresses are connected to your computers and what packets are being relayed through and to your personal computers systems.
What are Personal computers are also known as?
"Piece of junk", "stupid machine", and other less polite things You are probably looking for the word "Workstation", however, as opposed to "Server" which is a computer that many people can use at the same time and thus cannot be described as "personal".
Where does the Internet currently live?
In All computers connected to the Internet at the same time (not your personal computer, just servers)
What are the different types of computers?
Two distinct types of computers are laptops and desktops. There are many other types of computers under these two main categories.pc dektops laptops plamstop workstation sever main computer mini fram super wearable
