SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

COMPUTER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are types of computers in the old gen. which are able to calculate faster but are very large and usually takes more space?
A
Mainframe Computer
B
Microcomputer
C
Gigacomputer
D
Macrocomputer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mainframe computers are large-sized computer types. They are equally powerful but fall short in terms of the computation ability in supercomputers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Supercomputers are the fastest and the most expensive computers. These huge computers are used to solve very complex science and engineering problems. Supercomputers get their processing power by taking advantage of parallel processing; they use lots of CPUs at the same time on one problem.

Detailed explanation-3: -supercomputer, any of a class of extremely powerful computers. The term is commonly applied to the fastest high-performance systems available at any given time. Such computers have been used primarily for scientific and engineering work requiring exceedingly high-speed computations.

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