1) ICT in Today's world

1) ICT in Today's world

1. Personal Computers

   • Used for doing calculations or data modelling in spreadsheets.
   • Used for photo and video editing or playing games.
   • Netbooks
   • Laptops
   • Notebook computers
   • Palmtops
   • Tablet computers
   • PDA's
   • Found in buisnesses
   • Made for running database management systems
     • Spreadsheets
     • Computer aided design
     • Computer-aided manufacture
       • Making cars
       • Making televisions
     • Can record temperatures
     • Can take pressures of the weather

2. Supercomputers

   • They are the fastest computers that exist in terms of the speed of calculation
     • Used in university research departments where fast and complex calculations need to be carried out
     • Needed for simulations or modelling scenarios
       • Modelling climate changes
   • Often contain the same components as other computers - just more of them!

3. Mainframe Computer

   • Large computers used in banks
   • Used in insurance firms
     • Very large amounts of data has to be processed quickly