A graphing calculator

Graphing calculator

A graphing calculator typically refers to a class of handheld calculators that are capable of plotting graphs, solving simultaneous equations, and performing numerous other tasks with variables...

 is a class of hand-held calculator that is capable of plotting graphs and solving complex functions. There are several companies that manufacture models of graphing calculators. Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...

 is a major manufacturer.

The following table compares general and technical information for a selection of common and uncommon Texas Instruments graphing calculators. See the individual calculators' articles for further information.
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Central processing unit

The central processing unit is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer. The term has been in...

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Central processing unit

The central processing unit is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer. The term has been in...

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TI-73/TI-73 Explorer	Zilog Z80 Zilog Z80 The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by Zilog and sold from July 1976 onwards. It was widely used both in desktop and embedded computer designs as well as for military purposes...  @ 6MHz	25KB Kilobyte The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. Although the prefix kilo- means 1000, the term kilobyte and symbol KB have historically been used to refer to either 1024 bytes or 1000 bytes, dependent upon context, in the fields of computer science and information...  of RAM, 512KB of Flash ROM	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	TI-Basic TI-BASIC TI-BASIC is the unofficial name of a BASIC-like language built into Texas Instruments 's graphing calculators, including the TI-83 series, TI-84 Plus series, TI-89 series, TI-92 series , TI-73, and TI-Nspire... , Assembly Assembly language An assembly language is a low-level programming language for computers, microprocessors, microcontrollers, and other programmable devices. It implements a symbolic representation of the machine codes and other constants needed to program a given CPU architecture...  (via Mallard), Flash Apps	IO Port	1998/2003	TI-80 TI-80 TI-80 is a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments. It was originally designed in 1995 to be used at a middle school level .The TI-80 featured the smallest screen and slowest processor of any TI graphing calculator. In comparison, the TI-81, released in 1990, featured a 2 MHz Zilog Z80...	None
TI-80 TI-80 TI-80 is a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments. It was originally designed in 1995 to be used at a middle school level .The TI-80 featured the smallest screen and slowest processor of any TI graphing calculator. In comparison, the TI-81, released in 1990, featured a 2 MHz Zilog Z80...	980 kHz Proprietary	7 KB of RAM	64×48 pixels 16×8 characters	TI-Basic (Though not intended for heavy programming)	None	1995	None	TI-73/TI-73 Explorer
TI-81 TI-81 The TI-81 is the first graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments. It was designed in 1990 for use in algebra and precalculus courses. Since its original release, it has been superseded several times by newer calculators - the TI-82, the TI-83, the TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, the...	Zilog Z80 @ 2 MHz	2.4 KB of RAM	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	TI-Basic, Machine code (through an exploit and only on ROM 1.8K)	None	1990	None	TI-82 TI-82 The TI-82 is a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments. The TI-82 was designed in 1993 as a stripped down, more user friendly version of the TI-85, and as a replacement for the TI-81. It was the direct predecessor of the TI-83. It shares with the TI-85 a 6 MHz Zilog Z80 microprocessor...
TI-82 TI-82 The TI-82 is a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments. The TI-82 was designed in 1993 as a stripped down, more user friendly version of the TI-85, and as a replacement for the TI-81. It was the direct predecessor of the TI-83. It shares with the TI-85 a 6 MHz Zilog Z80 microprocessor...	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	28 KB of RAM	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	TI-Basic, Assembly (through modifications)	IO Port	1993	TI-81 TI-81 The TI-81 is the first graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments. It was designed in 1990 for use in algebra and precalculus courses. Since its original release, it has been superseded several times by newer calculators - the TI-82, the TI-83, the TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, the...	TI-83
TI-83	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	32 KB of RAM	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in)	IO Port	1996	TI-82 TI-82 The TI-82 is a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments. The TI-82 was designed in 1993 as a stripped down, more user friendly version of the TI-85, and as a replacement for the TI-81. It was the direct predecessor of the TI-83. It shares with the TI-85 a 6 MHz Zilog Z80 microprocessor...	TI-83 Plus
TI-83 Plus	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	32 KB of RAM (24 KB user accessible), 512 KB of Flash ROM (160 KB user accessible)	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in), Flash Apps	IO Port	1999	TI-83	TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus
TI-83 Plus Silver Edition	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz/15 MHz (Dual Speed)	128 KB of RAM (24 KB user accessible), 2 MB of Flash ROM (1.5 MB user accessible)	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in), Flash Apps	IO Port	2001	TI-83 Plus	TI-84 Plus Silver Edition
TI-84 Plus	Zilog Z80 @ 15 MHz	128/48 KB of RAM (24 KB user accessible), 1 MB of Flash ROM (480 KB user accessible)	96x64 pixels 16×8 characters	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in), Flash Apps	IO Port, Mini-USB Port	2004	TI-83 Plus	TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-Nspire
TI-84 Plus Silver Edition	Zilog Z80 @ 15 MHz	128/84 KB of RAM (24 KB user accessible), 2 MB of Flash ROM (1.5 MB user accessible)	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in), Flash Apps	IO Port, Mini-USB Port	2004	TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus	TI-Nspire
TI-85 TI-85 The TI-85 was a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments based around the Zilog Z80 microprocessor. Designed in 1992 as TI's second graphing calculator , it has since been replaced by the TI-86, which has also been discontinued....	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	28 KB of RAM	128×64 pixels 21×8 characters	TI-Basic, Assembly (through modifications)	IO Port	1992	None	TI-86 TI-86 The TI-86 is a programmable graphing calculator introduced in 1997 and produced by Texas Instruments. The TI-86 uses the Zilog Z80 microprocessor. It is partially backwards-compatible with its predecessor, the TI-85....
TI-86 TI-86 The TI-86 is a programmable graphing calculator introduced in 1997 and produced by Texas Instruments. The TI-86 uses the Zilog Z80 microprocessor. It is partially backwards-compatible with its predecessor, the TI-85....	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	128KiB Kibibyte The kibibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for quantities of digital information. The binary prefix kibi means 1024; therefore, 1 kibibyte is . The unit symbol for the kibibyte is KiB. The unit was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 1999 and has been accepted for use...  of RAM	128×64 pixels 21×8 characters	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in)	IO Port	1997	TI-85 TI-85 The TI-85 was a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments based around the Zilog Z80 microprocessor. Designed in 1992 as TI's second graphing calculator , it has since been replaced by the TI-86, which has also been discontinued....	None
TI-89	Motorola 68000 Motorola 68000 The Motorola 68000 is a 16/32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor...  @ 10 MHz/12 MHz (nominal)	256 KiB of RAM (188 KB user accessible), 2 MiB of Flash ROM	160×100 pixels (not broken into character blocks)	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in), Flash Apps	IO Port	1998	TI-92/TI-92 II TI-92 series The TI-92 series of graphing calculators are a line of calculators produced by Texas Instruments. They include: the TI-92 , the TI-92 Plus , and the Voyage 200 . The design of these relatively large calculators includes a QWERTY keyboard...	TI-89 Titanium
TI-89 Titanium	Motorola 68000 Motorola 68000 The Motorola 68000 is a 16/32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor...  @ ≤16 MHz	256 KiB of RAM (188 KB user accessible), 2.7 MB Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000...  of Flash ROM	160×100 pixels (not broken into character blocks)	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in), Flash Apps	IO Port, Mini-USB Port	2004	TI-89	TI-Nspire CAS
TI-92/TI-92 II TI-92 series The TI-92 series of graphing calculators are a line of calculators produced by Texas Instruments. They include: the TI-92 , the TI-92 Plus , and the Voyage 200 . The design of these relatively large calculators includes a QWERTY keyboard...	Motorola 68000 Motorola 68000 The Motorola 68000 is a 16/32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor...  @ 10 MHz	68 KB of RAM/136 KB of RAM	240×128 pixels (not broken into character blocks)	TI-Basic, Assembly (through modifications)	IO Port	1995/1996	None	TI-92 Plus
TI-92 Plus	Motorola 68000 Motorola 68000 The Motorola 68000 is a 16/32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor...  @ 10 MHz	256 KB of RAM (188 KB user accessible), 384 KB of Flash ROM	240×128 pixels (not broken into character blocks)	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in), Flash Apps	IO Port	1998	TI-92/TI-92 II TI-92 series The TI-92 series of graphing calculators are a line of calculators produced by Texas Instruments. They include: the TI-92 , the TI-92 Plus , and the Voyage 200 . The design of these relatively large calculators includes a QWERTY keyboard...	Voyage 200
Voyage 200	Motorola 68000 Motorola 68000 The Motorola 68000 is a 16/32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor...  @ 12 MHz	256 KB of RAM (188 KB user accessible), 2.7 MB of Flash ROM	240×128 pixels (not broken into character blocks)	TI-Basic, Assembly (built-in), Flash Apps	IO Port	2002	TI-92 Plus	TI-Nspire CAS
TI-Nspire/TI-Nspire CAS	ARM ARM architecture ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...  @ 90MHz/150MHz	16 MB RAM, 20 MB of Flash ROM	320×240 pixels (16-shade grayscale)	TI-Basic, Assembly (through modifications), Lua (with OS version 3.0.1 and greater)	Mini-USB port	2007	TI-84 Plus/TI-89	TI-Nspire with Touchpad/TI-Nspire CAS with Touchpad
TI-Nspire with Touchpad/TI-Nspire CAS with Touchpad	ARM ARM architecture ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...  @ 90MHz/150MHz	32 MB RAM, 15 MB of Flash ROM	320×240 pixels (16-shade grayscale)	TI-Basic, Assembly (through modifications), Lua (with OS version 3.0.1 and greater)	Mini-USB port	2010	TI-Nspire/TI-Nspire CAS	TI-Nspire CX/TI-Nspire CX CAS
TI-Nspire CX/TI-Nspire CX CAS	Unspecified ARM ARM architecture ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...	64 MB of RAM, 100 MB of Flash ROM	320×240 pixels (16-bit color)	TI-Basic, Lua	Mini-USB port	2011	TI-Nspire with Touchpad/TI-Nspire CAS with Touchpad	None