This document defines and describes various types of computing devices including workstations, video game consoles, servers, clients, mainframes, supercomputers, handheld computers, PDAs, smartphones, portable media players, and microcontrollers. Workstations are powerful desktop computers used for high-performance tasks while video game consoles are for gaming. Servers help computers connect to the internet and mainframes and supercomputers are some of the fastest computers. Handheld computers, PDAs, and smartphones are portable devices and microcontrollers are built into the machines they control.

3. Output

4. Processing

5. Memory

6. Storage Devices

9. Workstation WorkStation -Ordinary personal computer that’s connected to the internet. -Powerful desktop computers used for high-performance tasks.

10. Videogame Console Video Game Consoles

11. Server Computer hardware, software that helps the computer connect to the internet

12. Client

13. Mainframe Computer

14. Supercomputer One of the Fastest Computers In the world.

15. Handheld Computer

16. PDA

17. Smart Phone

18. Portable Media Player

19. Microcontroller Microcontroller A special-purpose microprocessor that is built into the machine it controls.