LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

SPECIAL PROGRAM IN ICT 7

TLE -OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY 7
First Quarter, Week 3

History of Computer

Name: _______________________________ Score: _________

Grade and Section: _____________________

ACTIVITY 1

Directions: Below is the timeline of Evolution of Computers from manual computing devices to
electronic computers. Name the device and give the important events or information happened to
complete the illustration.
ACTIVITY 2
Directions: Based on the discussions about Generation of Computers, fill up the spaces on the table by
choosing the given data below.

Microprocessor Artificial Intelligence Integrated circuits Transistors and diodes

Much smaller, faster,
Huge and occupied the Voice recognition Started to use OS, compact,
and more powerful, entire rooms, expensive to emerge, can learn logic reliable, less expensive
multi-functional operate, lasted only for 12 and reasoning
hours
CRAY I, CRAY X-MP, Desktop computers, Z3, Colossus, Mark I, IBM 604, STRETCH, LARC,
CYBER 205, MITS laptops, palm computers, EDVAC, EDSAC IBM 1401 (Model T),
Altair 8800, Pentium computers UNIVAC, ENIAC HONEYWELL400, PDP-8
microcomputers
Digital ASIMO (Advanced Step Use to design Developed for atomic energy
Equipment Innovative Mobility), a airplanes and laboratory to handle a lot of
Corporation robot, was created by missiles data, calculate pay checks,
developed the Honda Motor Co. Ltd. On used in businesses,
December 13, 2005 in universities, and government
minicomputers All high-level languages
Tokyo, Japan organizations
like C and C++,
Java, .Net etc., are used in
this generation.

GENERATION OF COMPUTERS
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH
GENERATION GENERATION GENERATION GENERATION GENERATION

TIMELINE 1940-1956 1956-1963 1964-1971 1972-2010 2010-beyond

DISTINCT Use of Vacuum Tubes

CHARACTERISTIC/
INNOVATION

Smaller in size, more

efficient, less energy
consuming
FEATURES

Minicomputers, IBM
360s, IBM 370s

EXAMPLES

VLSI technology
became ULSI
(Ultra Large Scale
OTHER Integration)
INFORMATION technology

ACTIVITY 3
Directions: Using the diagram, write down the different Types of Computers. Choose your answer
from the box.

Types of
Computers

Desktop model Supercomputer PDA Mainframe computer Minicomputer

Workstation Notebook Personal computers Tower model Portable computer

Hand-held computers Subnotebook Laptop Palmtop