What is the difference between a computer and calculator when performing calculations?

Answer 1

In the math world, calculators perform operations one at a time, while computers can process a sequence of operations using provided instructions. A typical calculator requires many interactions to perform a computation, while a computer takes a set of instructions.

Since the advent of the information age, the term computer has been corrupted. It is most commonly used to refer to laptops and desktops, but can also describe any device with a digital processor and memory (such as a smart phone, a game console, or an MP3 player). These "computers" can perform mathematical computations, but are also used to process data (such as text, sound, and images) with logical operations. Strict mathematical computers lack this functionality.

Modern calculators, such as the TI-86, are implemented with calculator software that runs on "computer" hardware. These "computer" calculators only use their logic processing capabilities to present simple menus and dialogs to the user (unless special programs, like games, are installed and ran).

Answer 2

Fundamentally, there is no difference. A computer is just a more complex calculator that can break mathematical functions into algorithmic and logarithmic functions.

Calculators are typically restricted to mathematical functions, varying from simple adding/subtracting or as complex as graphical displays such as Graphing Calculators.

Some calculators can be programmed for algorithmic and logarithmic tasks, such as simple programs or games.

Computers, typically, have a less specific functionality and can execute a wide range of activities.

A computer can perform many millions of calculations a second, but a manual calculator is limited by how fast human fingers can move.

Answer 3

None!

While many people will differentiate what they are based on their capabilities, this is very misleading. A calculator, given enough time, can perform many of the same capabilities as a desktop computer! However calculator processors are FAR simpler and dedicated for math and low power consumption, and typically contain only one processor. Whereas your desktop computer is designed to perform many billions of times faster, and may have dozens or even hundreds of processors in it.

For example, a moderm computer may have four cores in the CPU, each an effective processor, operating at 2+ GHz (2,000,000,000 instructions per second frequency), a memory controller processor, a northbridge processor, a southbridge processor, one or more video processors, digital signal processors, video memory controller processors, NIC processors, soundcard processors, harddrive logic controller processors, optical drive processors, USB control hub processors, and many more! Each ranging from 8 to 512 bit, and having onboard dedicated memory ranging from KB, MB, or GB in the case of RAM.

A calculator typically operates at only a few dozen to hundred kilohertz (1 MHz = 1,000 KHz) and contain only a single, very simple 16 or 32 bit processor with little or no cache at all.

Most modern graphing calculators are comparable to Atari 2600's for their capability. The atari 2600 had a processor that ran at 1.19 MHz for general-purpose, or 3.58 MHz for graphics, and had only 128 bytes of RAM!

Answer 4

I don't know about "more differences," but here are somedifferences to start with:

* Computers are typically general-purpose processing machines, while calculators specialize in solving numeric problems. You can not normally do work processing with a calculator. * Computers are programmable, typically executing a number of programs. Calculators typically execute one program (the calculator), and are not freely programmable. While programmable calculators exist, their programming is vastly different from general-purpose computer programming, and dedicated to solve numerical problems alone. * Calculators implement a limited, and typically fixed, set of instructions to solve a limited, and typically fixed, set of problems. Calculators typically embedd most of the processing software in hardware, thus making them much faster at solving typical numerical tasks.

Answer 5

Well, calculators are computers. For this answer, I will assume that you are referring to personal computers. Calculators are designed to do far more basic calculations when compared with personal computers. Even the most advanced calculators are not nearly as complex as personal computers. Computers have much more expansion ability than calculators do. You can attach all sorts of external devices, memory, expansion cards, etc. to a computer. Not so with calculators. Computers do all sorts of things like internet browsing, word processing, and other relatively complex tasks. Calculators don't do any of that. Calculators are great for performing mathematical operations, but their usefulness beyond that is extremely limited. Computers also perform mathematical calculations quite well, but they are not specialized devices like calculators.

Answer 6

Calculators are usually limited to performing relatively simple operations, and seldom retain any information when switched off. A computer is capable of performing vastly complex calculations - and much more. They usually have a hard-drive which will retain information when the power is switched off.

Answer 7

computer is a electronic device .

it is too fast than human bieng

it do calculation too fast

this generation is also depend upon compuer

calculator is also fast device

they cannot do another exept calculation