As you know in the last content, microcomputers are small, relatively inexpensive and least powerful, yet the most widely used. Microcomputers has microprocessor as its central processing unit(CPU). It includes a microprocessor, memory, and input/output (I/O) facilities. Microcomputers became popular in the 1970s and 80s with the advent of increasingly powerful microprocessors. There are six types of microcomputer:
- Desktop computers are small enough to fit on top of or alongside a desk, yet are too big to carry aroundare small enough to fit on top of or alongside a desk, yet are too big to carry around
- Media center system units blur the line between desktop computers and dedicated entertainment devices
- Notebook computers, also known as laptop computers, are portable, lightweight, and fit into most briefcases
- Netbooks : Similar to notebook computers, but …
- Smaller
- Lighter ff
- Less expensive
- Tablet PC
- In addition to a keyboard, a tablet PC allows you to enter data, write notes, and select commands using a pen stylus
- Handwritten data is digitized and converted to standard text that can be further processed by a word processor
- Handheld
- Handheld or palm computers, such as Personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smartphones, are amongst the smallest computing devices
- These systems typically
combine - pen input
- writing recognition
- personal organizational tools
- communications capabilities
- Smartphones are cell phoneswith wireless connections tothe Internet
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