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Types of computer

on the basis of working principle:-
  Analog

1. uses variable like pressure,temperature etc whose values vary continuously.
2. uses sine wave.
3. It records waveforms as they are.
4. may subject to deterioration of wave by noise.
5. more likely have low accuracy
6. hardware is not so flexible
7. best suited for audio and video transmission
8. consumes less bandwidth
9. error prone

e.g. thermometer

digital computer

1. does not use variable concept; rather uses discrete values to represent information.
2. uses square wave (for max and min voltage)
3. waveforms are converted into numbers to record information.
4. without deterioration during transmission
5. high level of accuracy
6. Digital hardware is flexible
7. for any type of computing
8. consumes more bandwidth
9. mostly free from errors

# Hybrid Computer

Features:

1. It is combination of qualities analog and digital computers.
2. It can process both continuous and discrete data.
3. It has capability to convert one type of data to another.
4. It is the special purpose machine.
5. It is mostly used in airplane, hospital, weather forecasting.
6. It usually has high cost compared to analog and digital.
7. Examples: HRS 100, radar, XPC 100, GVS 100.

On the basis of size:

Super Computer

Features:

1. A supercomputer is a computer that is at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.
2. Most powerful, fastest, and also very expensive.
3. performance is measured in FLOPS(FL​oating­point O​perations P​er S​econd)
4. Can perform more than 1 trillion calculations per second.

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