Ex. 31. Give short answers to the general questions and add something to develop the idea.

1. Are general-purpose computers designed to perform specific tasks?

2. Do personal computers and business computers refer to special-purpose machines?

3. Can electronic calculators accept new programs?

4. Is a special-purpose computer more versatile than a general-purpose one?

5. Are PDAs smaller and less powerful than PCs?

6. Does a desktop PC refer to the class of portable computers?

7. Do microcomputers have large capacity internal memory?

8. Do you consider the terms “laptop” and “notebook” synonymous?

9. Are workstations powerful but cheap computers?

10. Can mainframes be shared by multiple users simultaneously?

11. Is LAN a system that connects computers to each other within a city?

12. Are supercomputers used only by the military?