COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Mainframe computers
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Super computers
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Mini computers
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -NWS super computers hold numerical modeling data for weather forecasting models. These computers make use of virtually all observational data that the NWS collects. This data comes from satellites, weather balloons, buoys, radar, and more.
Detailed explanation-2: -Supercomputers are used for data-intensive and computation-heavy scientific and engineering purposes such as quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion research and cryptoanalysis.
Detailed explanation-3: -(i) Supercomputers are used for weather forecasting. This is true. Supercomputers are extremely powerful machines that can process large amounts of data quickly, making them well suited for complex simulations such as weather forecasting.