Sunday, February 25, 2007
What is a computer motherboard?
A computer motherboard has nothing to do with your or my mother. The main board inside a computer that contains all the electronic circuits required for information processing, as well as for the computers keyboards and monitors is called the motherboard. In addition to existing circuits, a computer motherboard has the provision to accept additional circuitry should such a need arise.
Labels: computers
Saturday, February 24, 2007
What is a mainframe computer?
A mainframe computer is a large computer that is powerful enough to work much faster than ordinary desktop computers / PCs.
The computer age started in the mid 1950s with the mainframe computers before graduating to mini-computers and then to the personal computers.
Many aspects of mainframe computers are quite different from those used in our PCs. Their operating systems, databases and storage & computing mechanims are quite different from those of personal computers.
IBM is one of the prominent companies that manufactures mainframes.
The computer age started in the mid 1950s with the mainframe computers before graduating to mini-computers and then to the personal computers.
Many aspects of mainframe computers are quite different from those used in our PCs. Their operating systems, databases and storage & computing mechanims are quite different from those of personal computers.
IBM is one of the prominent companies that manufactures mainframes.
Labels: computers
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]