Spacecraft --- Space Station --- Computer

There will be more than 100 computers aboard when the assembly of the ISS is completed.
Computers will be used for the following:
- Operations of the ISS
- Interface with the crew
- Caution and warning systems
- Data acquisition and processing from experiments
Of course, the computers will be networked together to coordinate activities and functions.

Structure of the ISS Propulsion Communication Navigation Power Computer Resupply Escape Research in the ISS