This is a short PowerPoint presentation about Computer generation and its evolution.

1. COMPUTER
BY ANDREW DEBB & MARRICAH KOI

2. WHAT IS A COMPUTER?
• A computer is a digital electronic machine that can be
programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or
logical operations automatically.
• Common Operating Machine Purposely Used for
Technological and Educational Research.
• English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage
is credited with having conceived the first automatic
digital computer. During the mid-1830s Babbage
developed plans for the Analytical Engine. Charles
Babbage is known as the “father of the computers”.

3. A TIMELINE OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
• 2700 – 2300 BC: The abacus is actualized. ...
• 100 – 400: The Hindu-Arabic numeral system is
invented. ...
• 1819 – 1837: Babbage creates difference and
analytical engines. ...
• 1904 - 1907: Inventions of the diode and triode. ...
• 1943 – 1945: Construction of Colossus. ...
• 1973 – 1974: Development of ethernet.

4. The Evolution of computers

5. FIVE GENERATIONS OF COMPUTERS
Generation of
Computers
Generation
Timeline
Evolution
Hardware
First
generation
1940s-1950s Vacuum tube based
Second
generation
1950s-1960s Transistor based
Third
generation
1960s-1970s Integrated circuit
based
Fourth
generation
1970s-present Microprocessor
based

6. BENEFITS OF COMPUTERS
•Multitasking
The biggest advantage of a computer is that a computer can do
many things at once, today’s computer is following thousands of
instructions every second.
•Accuracy
Any computer performs any work according to the given instructions
and pre-determined rules without any fault.
•Speed
Today’s advanced computer is capable of doing big things in a
moment.

7. SOME FAMOUS COMPUTER BRAND
•HP (Horse Power)
•Lenovo
•MI (Xiaomi)
•Acer
•DELL (Digital
Electronic Link
Library)
•MacBook by apple
•HCL (Hindustan
Computers Limited)

8. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR
ATTENTION