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    The document provides a brief history of computers, noting that early computers used vacuum tubes to perform calculations and that these gave way to transistors which made computers smaller, cheaper, and more reliable. It then lists some key questions and terms related to early computer components like vacuum tubes. Finally, it provides a link to a website that discusses the five generations of computers and their evolution.

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    UNIT 2.

    COMPUTERS HISTORY

    to give rise (phrasal verb) = dar lugar a,... to seek (sought, sought)=
    search for

    doing calculations To evolve: evolucionar

    1. Does anyone know what is a


    vacuum tube?
    2. Are "vacuum tubes" used
    nowadays?

    synonym: Trustworthly

    TAKE NOTE:
    Verbs like "to perform", "to carry out", "to undertake", "to develop" are useful verbs, specially for
    our written and spoke exercises.
    A wesite to read:
    https://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/FiveGenerations.asp

    reliable

    index
    turned into

    switched on

    condensed

    tapes

    wanted
    modeled

    Due to

    inhabitants

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