Computers can be classified, or typed, in many ways. Some common classifications of computers are given below. Microcomputers became the most common type...

final. Sealed classes may allow a compiler to perform optimizations that are not available for classes that can be subclassed. An open class can be changed...

processing. A mainframe computer is large but not as large as a supercomputer and has more processing power than some other classes of computers, such as minicomputers...

as computer classes) form, evolve and may eventually die out. New classes of computers create new applications resulting in new markets and new industries...

industrial robots. Computers are at the core of general-purpose devices such as personal computers and mobile devices such as smartphones. Computers power the...

Midrange computers, or midrange systems, were a class of computer systems that fell in between mainframe computers and microcomputers.[failed verification]...

A computer cluster is a set of computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system. Unlike grid computers, computer clusters have...

binary system (i.e., base 2) in its calculations. Ternary computers use trits, instead of binary bits. Ternary computing deals with three discrete states...

computer. Since none of these Apple products were mainframes or time-sharing systems, they were all personal computers but not PC (brand) computers....

Desktop computers. Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: How To Assemble A Desktop PC Computer Tour – of major components of a desktop computers at HowStuffWorks...

William D. (April 5, 1970). "Maxi Computers Face Mini Conflict: Mini Trend Reaching Computers". The New York Times. "Computer-aided design". "Raytheon Data...

Distributed functional computer technologies Super-computers for scientific calculation The aim was to build parallel computers for artificial intelligence...

restriction is one of the major differences between laptops and desktop computers, because the large "tower" cases used in desktop computers are designed so...

1970s." As electrical computers became more available, human computers, especially women, were drafted as some of the first computer programmers. Because...

instead of the mouse, touchpad, and keyboard of larger computers. Portable computers can be classified according to the presence and appearance of physical...

luggable computers still required a continuous connection to an external power source; this limitation was later overcome by the laptop computers. Laptops...

describe classes, or categories, of computers: Analog computer Calculator Desktop computer Desktop replacement computer Digital computer Embedded computer Home...

memory of the computer. The design of the CPU allows RISC computers few simple addressing modes and predictable instruction times that simplify design of the...

quantum computer can be simulated by a Turing machine. In other words, quantum computers provide no additional power over classical computers in terms of computability...

"Synthesis Strategy of Reversible Circuits on DNA Computers" paper for implementing reversible gates and circuits on DNA computers by combining DNA computing...

classes covering the entire world of knowledge; each main class is further structured into ten hierarchical divisions, each having ten divisions of increasing...

personal computers, especially in CPU, graphics, memory, and multitasking. Workstations are optimized for the visualization and manipulation of different...

advocates of stored-program computers". The concept of the stored-program computer can be traced back to the 1936 theoretical concept of a universal Turing machine...

Hybrid computers are computers that exhibit features of analog computers and digital computers. The digital component normally serves as the controller...

Communications platform. Classes of computers Computer appliance CuBox, a plug computer GuruPlug, a plug computer DreamPlug, a plug computer FreedomBox, an operating...

computer, but may include free software such as Linux. Refurbished and used computers may also be repackaged as barebone computers, as many computers...

form-factor PC (SFF, ITX, DTX.etc.) Classes of computers Form factor (design) Warford, J. Stanley (November 2004). Computer Systems. Jones & Bartlett Learning...

capabilities of optical computers; whether or not they may be able to compete with semiconductor-based electronic computers in terms of speed, power consumption...

constitute personal computers (including desktop computers, portable computers, laptops, all-in-ones, and more), mainframe computers, minicomputers, servers...

implementation. Stored-program computers were an advancement over the manually reconfigured or fixed function computers of the 1940s, such as the Colossus...