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40                         Fundamentals of Computers                           NPP


                   1.14 Minicomputers                         1.14 {_[ZH$åß`yQ>a
                      These are much smaller, less powerful and   `o H$åß`yQ>a _oZ\«o$_ H$åß`yQ>am| go N>moQ>o, H$_ e{º$emcr
                  less expensive than mainframe computers. Cost  d gñVo hmoVo h¢Ÿ& BgH$s H$s_V d XúmVm nrgr d _oZ\«o$_ Ho$
                  and performance of  Minicomputers lies
                  between that  of Mainframe and a personal   ~rM _| hmoVr h¡Ÿ& AmOH$c Ho$ {_[ZH$åß`yQ>a _ëQ>r`yOa {gñQ>_
                  computer. Modern minicomputers  are multi   hmoVo h¢Ÿ& BZH$m Cn`moJ EH$ N>moQ>o H$m°coO hoVw, EH$ N>moQ>r
                  user systems. These computers are designed to
                  meet the needs of a small college,          \o$ŠQ´>r H$s  ‘¡Ý¶y’o$³M[a¨J g‘ñ¶mAm| hoVw `m EH$ N>moQ>o ì`mnm[aH$
                  manufacturing problems of a small factory and  g§ñWmZ H$s S>mQ>m àmogoqgJ hoVw {H$`m OmVm h¡Ÿ& BZHo$ CXmhaU
                  data processing tasks of a small business e.g.,  h¢ : CDC 1700, HP 3000, DPS 6000 Am{XŸ&
                  CDC 1700, HP 3000, DPS 6000 etc.
                      A  super minicomputer  is minicomputer      EH$ gwna {_[ZH$åß`yQ>a EH$ Eogm {_[ZH$åß`yQ>a hmoVm
                  with high performance compared to ordinary  h¡ Omo gm_mÝ` {_[ZH$åß`yQ>a go A{YH$ e{º$emcr hmoVm
                  Minicomputer. The terms Minicomputers and   h¡Ÿ& Yrao-Yrao {_[ZH$åß`yQ>a d gwna {_[ZH$åß`yQ>a Am{X
                  Super minicomputers are gradually becoming
                  obsolete.           NPP                     eãXm| H$m Cn`moJ ~§X hmo ahm h¡Ÿ&

                   1.15 Supercomputer                         1.15 gwnaH$åß`yQ>a
                      The Supercomputer is a computer that is     gwnaH$åß`yQ>a EH$ Eogm H$åß`yQ>a hmoVm h¡, Omo g~go
                  largest, most powerful  and most efficient  ~‹S>m, g~go VoO d g~go _h±Jm hmoVm h¡Ÿ& BÝh| H${R>Z
                  computer. SuperComputers are used for complex
                  scientific calculations. e.g., Weather forecasting,  J{UVr` d d¡km{ZH$ JUZmAm| hoVw Cn`moJ _| cm`m OmVm
                  climate research, molecular modelling, etc.  h¢Ÿ& BZHo$ AZwà`moJ _m¡g_ H$s ^{dî`dmUr, ‘m°{b³¶yba
                                                              H$s _m°S>qcJ Am{X H$m`m] _| hmoVo h¢Ÿ&























                                                    Fig. 1.5: Supercomputer
                      Supercomputer  hardware uses powerful       BZHo$ hmS>©do`a _| AZoH$ g§»`m _| e{º$emcr àmogoga
                  processors in large numbers. These processors  cJo hmoVo h¢Ÿ& `o gmao àmogoga g_mZm§Va _| H$m`© H$aHo$
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