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What is the primary focus of personal computers (PCs)?
What is the primary focus of personal computers (PCs)?
- Handling many small jobs such as building a large web server
- Executing large-scale scientific and engineering calculations
- Delivering good performance to single users at low cost (correct)
- Accessing only via a network
What distinguishes servers from other classes of computing?
What distinguishes servers from other classes of computing?
- Emphasizing delivery of good performance to single users
- Execution of third-party software
- Usually accessed only via a network (correct)
- Carrying sizable workloads for scientific or engineering applications
What are supercomputers primarily used for?
What are supercomputers primarily used for?
- Handling many small jobs such as building a large web server
- Execution of third-party software
- High-end scientific and engineering calculations (correct)
- Accessing only via a network
What characterizes embedded computers?
What characterizes embedded computers?
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What distinguishes supercomputers from other classes of computing?
What distinguishes supercomputers from other classes of computing?
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