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first generation
The first generation computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and were enormous. -
CSIRAC
CSIRAC was used to play music on computers. This is the first time a computer was used as a musical instrument. -
IC was created
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce independently miniturized the transistor and created the IC chip as a solid-state piece of silicon (or germanium). It brought in the new age of solid-state electronics. -
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2nd generation
Transistors replaced vacuum tubes and ushered in the second generation of computers. Faster than the first generation. -
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3rd generation
3rd generation used the first integrated circuits.transistors were miniaturized and placed on semiconductors. The speed was drastically improved from the 2nd generation. -
First operating system
First true operating system was released by IBM. -
First supercomputer
Control Data introduces the first supercomputer, the CDC 6600. -
First 1bit DRAM cell
1st DRAM cell was developed by Dr. Robert Dennard of IBM. Several years later Intel Corp developed a 1KB DRAM. -
First portable calculator
Texas Instruments releases the first easily portable electronic calculator. -
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4th generation
The 4th generation worked at clock speed. They had a CPU that was the brains of the computer. -
First CPU was made
The first single CPU was made. It worked as the brains of the computer. Was the most important part of the computer. -
Microsoft founded
Bill Gates and Paul Allen created a partnership called Microsoft. -
Apple founded
Steve wozniak and Steve Jobs foundded Apple Computer Inc. -
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5th generation
The fifth generation was mae to work and think like humans.
