4. Chinese Abacus in the History of Computer
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It marks the first step to the Computer generation.
Abacus was used in 300 B.C.
A very old abacus
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10. Difference engine and Analytical Engine (1823)
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11. Difference Engine
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A difference engine is an automatic mechanical
calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.
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14. First Generation (1940-1954)
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Time period : 1940-1954
Technology : Vacuum Tube based Computer / Used Vacuum tubes for
circuitry and magnetic drums for memory
Cost : Very Expensive
Size : Bigger in size
Input / Output : Punch Card
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16. Some computers of this generation were:
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Some computers of this generation were:
ENIAC
EDVAC
UNIVAC
IBM-701
IBM-650
ENIAC programmers
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17. Second Generation (1959-1965)
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The period of second
generation
Use of transistors
Very costly
Supported machine and
assembly languages
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22. Some computers of this generation were
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IBM-360 series
Honeywell-6000 series
PDP(Personal Data Processor)
IBM-370/168
TDC-316
Honeywell-6000 series
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23. Fourth Generation (1971-1980)
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The period of fourth generation
was 1971-1980
VLSI technology used
Very small size
No A.C. needed
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25. Some computers of this generation were
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DEC 10
STAR 1000
PDP 11
CRAY-1(Super Computer)
CRAY-X-MP(Super Computer)
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26. Fifth Generation (1980-till date)
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ULSI technology
Artificial intelligence
Availability of very powerful
Voice recognition
Natural language
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29. Some computer types of this generation are
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Desktop
Laptop
Notebook
Ultra Book
Chrome Book
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30. Summary
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Generation in computerterminologyis a change in technologya computer is/was being used.
Initially,the generation term was used to distinguishbetween varying hardware technologies.But
nowadays, generationincludesboth hardware and software, which togethermake up an entire
computersystem.
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