The document summarizes the five generations of computers from the first to fifth generation. The first generation used vacuum tubes which were large, hot and unreliable. The second generation used transistors which were smaller, cheaper, more reliable and replaced vacuum tubes. The third generation used integrated circuits which packed many transistors onto a single chip, greatly increasing power and lowering cost. The fourth generation used microprocessors, a single chip that could do all the computing of a computer, originally made for calculators but leading to personal computers. The fifth generation involves artificial intelligence applications.