Discuss in detail about the Computers and supercomputers
Computers are classified with respect to their size, cost and speed as supercomputers, servers, embedded computers and desktop computers. Supercomputers are the fastest computers, costing millions of dollars and very large. They are used for scientific applications, like airplane design, molecular simulations, weather forecasting and. Government agencies and large corporations can afford them. Servers are large computers which allow multiple users to run general-purpose applications. Universities and Companies are typical customers. Desktop computers are single-user machines, they are intended to run a small numbers applications ranging from email to word processing. Embedded computers are very small and control a system they are embedded in. They mainly have one application to run which is the control of the system they are in.