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1st Generation
Features of the first generation are Use of vacuum tubes, Big Machine Language, Magnetic core memory and storage like tap and punched cards. -
magnetic drum
They were used for a primary storage device. They ca also hold up to 200 tracks. -
Big Machine Language
had instructions and variables and had names and not just numbers. -
Vacuum Tubes
the first computer was a vacuum tube for ciccuity and maagntic drums. -
Electronic Discreet Variable Computer
Had a central controp unit which would caculate and output all the math and logical stuff and it would memoize it and be written. -
Whirlwind
A large Scale with general purpose ditagtal computer begun at the Servomechanisms Lboratory of the Masschusetts Institude of Techology. -
Cobol
its name means COmmon Business-Oriented Languages also one of the oldest laguages -
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second Generation
Was used by primarily by business and university, goverment. -
Mini -Computer: PDP-8
Digital introduces to the first successful minicomputerPDP-8. It was really big about the size of a fridge and it used like transistors and magntic core memory. -
IBM's System 360
It has 6 procssors and 40 peripheral units it has more than 100 computers per monthe ordered in. -
Real-time reservation system
It was devloped by IBM it made a real time computer system to get tickets reservaton system for americn Airways -
BASIC (programming language)
a programming language that was necessity to understand and it could be used in time-sharing environment and was a training languge. -
Gordon moore
He was a semi conductor pioneer that presicted that the number of transistors that occurred on a microchp woukld doubble every year. -
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third Generation
made smaller computer and made them faster. also High-level languages appeared -
Integrated cicruits
they are like microchips -
Intel
It stand for INTegrate ELectronics -
Magnetic Core Memory
It was the first 256 bit Ram mirochip and later it became the first 1Kb ram chip. -
IBM system/370
This sytem replaced the system/360 -
Microprocessor
Intel developed this first and they called it the 4004 and it got consisted of 2-250 -
Pascal
it was a early programming languages and Niklaus Wirth created it -
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fourth generation
Made mirocprocesser and explosive growth is digital watches and more -
MARK-8
8008 processor -
Motorola's processor
It was a developed processor and could peform all the funtions 8080 -
Altair
Popular mechianics that were published -
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Fifth Generation
Made robots and touchscreen computers and more modern day computers. -
Ipod
played music and games and u could upload picture to it. -
Nintendo DS
you by games that go in it and play them it had a lot to do u could chat and draw. -
iphone
It called and texted people played music. It was calle da smart phone -
Imac computer
was by apple u could do more than a normal computer -
Ipad
was a apple productd and was bigger than the ohones had music and apps
