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    The document summarizes the history of computers from their origins to modern times in five generations. It discusses Charles Babbage's conceptualization of a programmable computer in the pre-computer age. The first generation used vacuum tubes and magnetic drums, with the ENIAC being a notable early computer. The second generation saw the introduction of transistors replacing vacuum tubes. Integrated circuits marked the third generation, and the fourth generation brought microprocessors and personal computers from Apple and IBM. The fifth generation involves continued development of artificial intelligence and voice recognition.

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    Computer History

    Timeline
    NELLY PINEDA
    11Y

    Computers
    Acomputerisageneral-purposedevicethatcanbeprogrammedtocarryoutasetofarithmetic
    orlogicaloperationsautomatically.Sinceasequenceofoperationscanbereadilychanged,the
    computercansolvemorethanonekindofproblem.
    ThefirstsubstantialcomputerwasthegiantENIACmachinebyJohnW.MauchlyandJ.Presper
    EckertattheUniversityofPennsylvania.ENIAC(ElectricalNumericalIntegratorandCalculator)
    usedawordof10decimaldigitsinsteadofbinaryoneslikepreviousautomated
    calculators/computers.
    ThefirstcomputerwascreatedbyDouglasCarlEngelbart,anAmericanengineer.
    Theywereenormous,takingupanentireroomforspace
    Inputwasbasedonpapertapeandcards

    Pre Computer Age / Charles


    Babbage
    CharlesBabbage,FRSwasanEnglishpolymath.Amathematician,philosopher,inventorandmechanical
    engineer,Babbageisbestrememberedfororiginatingtheconceptofaprogrammablecomputer.
    ThecalculatingenginesofEnglishmathematicianCharlesBabbage(1791-1871)areamongthemostcelebrated
    iconsintheprehistoryofcomputing.
    CharlesThomasdevelopedthefirstcommerciallysuccessfulmechanicalcalculatorthatcouldadd,subtract,
    multiplyanddivide.
    CharlesBabbagehadavisiontodesignacomputerthatcanperform:arithmeticcalculation,readinputdata,
    writesresultsandcontainsdatawithinastorageunit
    HowardAikenDevelopedthebasicplanforaprogrammablemechanicalcomputer,Mark1(wasbuiltbyIBM)
    thefirstlarge-scaleautomaticcomputer(1939-1944)
    Designedthreemorecomputers,eachmoreadvancedthanitspredecessor(Marks2,3,and4),1952

    First Generation
    Thefirstusedvacuumtubesforcircuitryandmagneticdrumsformemory
    Theywereenormoustakingupthespaceofawholeroom
    UNIVACandENIAC
    Inputbasedoncardsandpapertape.
    1940-1956VacuumTubes

    Second Generation
    Transistorsreplacesvacuumtubes
    Thetransitorwasinventedin1957
    Atomicenergyindustry
    SymbolicLanguagewasused
    Storedinstructionsintheirmemory

    Third Generation
    Integratedcircuits
    Hallmarkof3rdgenerationcomputers
    Transistorswereminiaturized
    Keyboardswerecreated
    Differentprogramsatthesametime

    Fourth Generation
    1971microprocessorspresent
    Thousandsofcircuitswereplacedinasiliconchip
    1981IBMintroduceditsfirstcomputer
    1954AppleMcIntosh
    MouseandHandheldDevices

    Fifth Generation
    ArtificialIntelligencewasstillindevelopment
    Voicerecognitionquantum
    Molecularnanotechnology
    Learningandselforganization
    Theyhadsuperconductors

    Significant Advancement
    VoiceRecognition
    Appletriedtomakeitsbigsplashintovoicerecognitionin2012withthefirst
    versionofSiriontheiPhone5,butitwasntuntil2013thatlivevoice
    recognitionwasgoodenoughtobeactuallyworthusing.FromGoogles
    integratedvoicesearchtotheXboxOnesnewKinecttotheiPhone5sSiri,
    thetechnologyhasfinallycrossedthethresholdcomputersfinally
    understandthehumanvoice

    Bibliography
    http://www.cbi.umn.edu/about/babbage.html
    http://
    www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/FiveGenerations.asp

    Thank You , Bye!

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