General Purpose Computers General-purpose computers are designed to solve a large variety of problems. That is they can be given different programmes to solve different types of problems. General-purpose computers can process business data as readily as they process complex mathematical formulas. General-purpose computers can store large amount of data and the programmes necessary to … Read more

A general purpose computer is programmed to solve different problems. It can process business data and also solve mathematical problems. While a special purpose computer is specifically designed to solve a particular problem.

General purpose computers differ from special purpose computers in that they are designed to follow instructions. Special purpose computers are created and assigned specific tasks. The best way to gain an understanding of general purpose computers is to look at the ENIAC computer which was the first ever general purpose computer. It was built in … Read more

General purpose computers differ from special purpose computers in that they are designed to follow instructions. Special purpose computers are created and assigned specific tasks. The best way to gain an understanding of general purpose computers is to look at the ENIAC computer which was the first ever general purpose computer. It was built in … Read more

General purpose computers differ from special purpose computers in that they are designed to follow instructions. Special purpose computers are created and assigned specific tasks. The best way to gain an understanding of general purpose computers is to look at the ENIAC computer which was the first ever general purpose computer. It was built in … Read more

General purpose computers differ from special purpose computers in that they are designed to follow instructions. Special purpose computers are created and assigned specific tasks. The best way to gain an understanding of general purpose computers is to look at the ENIAC computer which was the first ever general purpose computer. It was built in … Read more

General purpose computers differ from special purpose computers in that they are designed to follow instructions. Special purpose computers are created and assigned specific tasks. The best way to gain an understanding of general purpose computers is to look at the ENIAC computer which was the first ever general purpose computer. It was built in … Read more