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    The document discusses the characteristics and uses of minicomputers, mainframe computers, and supercomputers. Minicomputers are more powerful than microcomputers and are multi-user systems with greater storage and memory. Mainframe computers can support hundreds of users simultaneously and have very large storage and processing power. Supercomputers consist of several processors running together, making them extremely fast and powerful for tasks like complex calculations and modeling.

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    The document discusses the characteristics and uses of minicomputers, mainframe computers, and supercomputers. Minicomputers are more powerful than microcomputers and are multi-user systems with greater storage and memory. Mainframe computers can support hundreds of users simultaneously and have very large storage and processing power. Supercomputers consist of several processors running together, making them extremely fast and powerful for tasks like complex calculations and modeling.

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    Characteristics and Uses of Minicomputers

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    The document discusses the characteristics and uses of minicomputers, mainframe computers, and supercomputers. Minicomputers are more powerful than microcomputers and are multi-user systems with greater storage and memory. Mainframe computers can support hundreds of users simultaneously and have very large storage and processing power. Supercomputers consist of several processors running together, making them extremely fast and powerful for tasks like complex calculations and modeling.

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    Ans(a).Minicomputers
    Minicomputers,alsocalledmidrangeservers,aremorepowerfulcomputersthanmicro
    computersintermsofprocessingpowerandcapabilities.Minicomputersaremainlymultiuser
    systemswheremanyuserssimultaneouslyworkonthesystems.Minicomputerspossess
    greaterstoragecapacityandlargermemoriesascomparedtomicrocomputers.Theseareeven
    capableofhandlingmoreinputoutputdevices.
    Examplesare:PDP11,VAX,7500MAGNUMetc.

    Ans(b).MainframeComputers
    Mainframecomputersaredesignedtohandlehugevolumesofdataandinformation.These
    cansupportmorethanhundredusersatsametime.Theseverylargeandexpensivecomputers
    havegreatprocessingspeedsandverylargestoragecapacityandmemoryascomparedto
    minicomputers.Thesecomputersevenpossessandworkwithmorethanoneprocessoratthe
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    sametime.Thusonecansaythesearemultiuser,multiprocessorsystems.Formainframe
    computersverysophisticatedoperatingsystemsareneededtocontrolandsupervisetheir
    operation.
    Examplesare:ICL39,CDC6600,VAX8842,IBM3090/600,IBM4381.

    Ans(c).Supercomputers
    Supercomputersarethemostpowerfulcomputersamongdigitalcomputers.Theseconsistof
    severalprocessorsrunningtogethertherebymakingthemimmenselyfasterandpowerful.
    Thesecomputersarecapableofhandlinghugeamountsofcalculationsthatarebeyondhuman
    capabilities.Supercomputerscanperformbillionsofinstructionspersecond.Someofthe
    todayssupercomputershavethecomputingcapabilityequaltothatof40,000micro
    computers.AJapanesesupercomputerhascalculatedthevalueofPi()to16milliondecimal
    places.Thesearemainlyusedinapplicationlikeweatherforecasting,nuclearscienceresearch,
    aerodynamicmodeling,seismology,metrologyetc.
    Examplesare:CRAYXMP14,CDC205,ETAGF10,FUJITSUVP400,NECSX2,PARAM,
    PACE.

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