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COMPUTER
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There is no real difference between both computer systems.
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Mainframes are good for large and complex calculations, whereas supercomputers are good in doing a large quantity of small tasks at the same time.
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Supercomputers are good for large and complex calculations, whereas mainframes are good in doing a large quantity of small tasks at the same time.
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Mainframes are designed to look aesthetically pleasing, whereas this is not the case with supercomputers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both types of computers perform different tasks. Supercomputers basically focus on faster computing for the mathematical operations that might be complex in nature. The mainframe computer, on the other hand, acts like a server. It offers multiprogramming, many I/O devices, and provides support for large DB (databases).
Detailed explanation-2: -Microcomputers are used for simple tasks because it has a single processor. 2. Supercomputer: Supercomputers are the most powerful, very large in size, and very expensive computers in the world. Supercomputers have very high storage capacity and can store thousands of times more data than an average personal computer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Supercomputers are the computers that are very large in size, very fast and expensive. Supercomputers are having a large memory size. Microcomputers are the computers that are small in size and called as Personal Computer (PC).
Detailed explanation-4: -An example of such a system is the HITAC S-3800, which was instruction-set compatible with IBM System/370 mainframes, and could run the Hitachi VOS3 operating system (a fork of IBM MVS). The S-3800 therefore can be seen as being both simultaneously a supercomputer and also an IBM-compatible mainframe.