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  • a mainframe is any physically large computer
  • a supercomputer is a computer deliberately designed to have at least 10 times the performance of the highest performance computers usually available on the market at that time
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What are the difference of mainframe computers from the other mini computer?

Size.


Mainframe computer vs personal computer?

A personal computer is a computer meant for home users and is typically a single CPU with a maximum of a quad core technology whereas a mainframe is a computer which is meant for organizations and is typically comprised of thousands of processors.


Define supercomputer with application and advantages and disadvantades?

The definition of a supercomputer is "a particularly powerful mainframe computer." and the advantages are: -good for crunching data -generally used for science models and things of that nature disadvantages are: -they consume butt loads of electricity -they are expensive -require warehouses to contain them -gaming on them would be impractical -only can be efficiently and are generally only used for scientific and educational uses


What is the difference between a mini computer and main frame computer?

a main frame computer is a large-scale computers but a super computer are larger than mainframe while a mini computer is smaller in size, have lower processing speed and also have lower cost than mainframe computers.


What are the processing capacities of the super computers mainframe computers and personal computers?

Supercomputers have multiple CPUs. Making it so fast, you can't believe it. The digital size, however depends on the Memory (RAM, ROM, RM). Mainframe computers are like supercomputers only they can store more larger applications like a census. They are slower than supercomputers, however the supercomputer evolved from mainframes.Personal Computers (PC) have only 1 CPU. Slower, but satisfying. It also depends on memory for the computer. Most modern PCs (especially laptops) have a feature called virtual memory,in which the memory can be stored on the hard disk. This is slow however.Conclusion: Supercomputer= fastPersonal computer= satifying

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What is the difference between minicomputer supercomputer microcomputer and mainframe?

The differences between a microcomputer and a supercomputer is Processing power, Capabillities, Size goes Chronologically Up and Down and Up and Down


The main difference between a mainframe and a supercomputer is the physical size?

Supercomputers are designed to work on types of problems where speed is of the essence. Mainframes demand reliability and are used for performing thousands upon thousands of concurrent transactions.


What is the difference between a portable computer and a mainframe computer?

the difference is that the mainframe is bigger and more expensive.


What is the size in terms of height and width of a supercomputer and a mainframe computer and a minicomputer?

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A mainframe computer is the fastest type of computer?

They are fast, but a supercomputer is faster.


What are two types of computers that can be used to produce documents?

supercomputer and mainframe


What do you call computers that are connected to a network that use a mainframe or a supercomputer as a server?

answer: node


What are some types of PC's?

There are many, but an example of some are: Desktop Laptop Mainframe Supercomputer


what are the clasess of computer?

There are four types in the classifications of the computer by size are Supercomputer, Mainframe computer, Minicomputer, and Micro Computer.


What is the difference between supercomputer and distributed computing?

supercomputers allows both parallel and distributed computing


Name a difference between a mainframe with terminals and a network of computers?

For a mainframe with terminals, data processing takes place on the mainframe computer only as the terminals are 'dumb'. Conversely, in a network of computers, each computer has its own processor.


How many categories are general-purpose computers divided into?

computers are categories into three. these are: 1) Supercomputer 2) Minicomputer 3) Microcomputer