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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
Army Ordance developed this computer in 1945 for World War II. It weighed 30 tons, used 200 kilowatts of electric power, 1,500 relays, hundreds of thousands of resistors, capacitors, and inductors, and 18,000 vacuum tubes. -
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First Generation Computers
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Transistors
Transistors were inventer at Bell Labs but they were not widespread use in the computers until the late 50's. -
UNIVAC
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SAGE
Semi Automatic Ground Environment was developed. -
EDVAC
Electronic Discreet Variable Computer. John Von Neumann designed this. -
The Whirlwind
Whirlwind was a large scale, general purpose digital computer. -
Storage Space
The Removable Disk Pack was created. -
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Second Generation of Computers
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Mini Computer: PDP 8
Digital introduces the first successful minicomputer, the PDP-8. It was about as large as a fridge and used transistors and magnetic core memory -
The intergrated circuit was created
The computers were smaller, faster, and more reliable. There power consumption was lower than the first generations and there were more high-level languages that appeared. -
Real-Time Reservation System
IBM developed a real-time computerised ticket reservation system for American Airways. -
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Third Generation of Computers
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BASIC
A programming language was necessary that could be used in a time-sharing environment and that could serve as a training language. -
Moore's Law
Gordon Moore, who is also the founder of Intel, predicted that the number of transistors that occurred on a microchip would double every year. -
Magnetic Core Memory
The magnetic core memory was replaced by a microchip. -
Intel was founded
The Intel company was founded by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce. Intel is formed from the words Integrated Electronics. Intel developed more sophisticated memory chips. -
IBM System 370
The IBM System 370 replaced the IBM System 360. The IBM System 370 works only with integrated circuits. -
Microprocessor
Thousands of integrated circuits were rebuilt into a single silicon chip. -
Intel 4004
The Intel 4004 chip was developed. -
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Fourth Generation
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Intel 8008
an 8 bit processor powerful enough to be used as the CPU of a minicomputer. -
IBM
IBM introduced its first computer for the home user. -
Apple
Apple introduced the Macintosh. -
iPad!
The iPad has Wi-Fi and cellular activity. It's basically a computer that you carry around with you. It's lighter and smaller than a laptop. -
Xbox 360 Kinect!
This device allows you to really interact while you're playing the Xbox, -
Nintendo 3Ds
It has internet and you can play your games in 3D! and they include 3D glasses. You can also take pictures! -
iPhone 5
The phone is a slimmer, lighter model that introduces a higher-resolution, 4-inch screen to the series with 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio support -
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Fifth Generation of Computers
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5th Generation iPod Touch
This device allows you to play music, take picture, go on the internet and even text!
