The document discusses the five generations of computers from the 1940s to the 1980s, specifying the technology used, examples of computers from each generation, and their key features. The first generation used vacuum tubes and were expensive with low speeds. The second generation used transistors and were more economical and smaller in size. The third generation used integrated circuits and were highly reliable, faster, and more economical.
The document discusses the five generations of computers from the 1940s to the 1980s, specifying the technology used, examples of computers from each generation, and their key features. The first generation used vacuum tubes and were expensive with low speeds. The second generation used transistors and were more economical and smaller in size. The third generation used integrated circuits and were highly reliable, faster, and more economical.
The document discusses the five generations of computers from the 1940s to the 1980s, specifying the technology used, examples of computers from each generation, and their key features. The first generation used vacuum tubes and were expensive with low speeds. The second generation used transistors and were more economical and smaller in size. The third generation used integrated circuits and were highly reliable, faster, and more economical.
USED First generation(1940s) Vaccum Tubes ENIVAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC-I Expensive Low speed Second generation Transistors UNIVAC-III, IBM 1401 Economical (1950s) Smaller in size Third generation(1960s) Integrated Circuits IBM 360, Apple 1 Highly Reliable Faster and more economical Fourth Generation Microprocessor Desktop, HP 9000, Apple Reduction in size (1970s) Mac More reliable Extremely powerful Fifth generation(1980s) Ultra-Large-Scale Super Computers, Robot Recognizing voice Integration Making decisions Translation of different langugaes