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The first electromechanical computer
The ENIAC was created by John Mauchly -
First Generation
First commercial automatic computers -
Second Generation
The transitors and magnetic tape were created and disks began to replace punched cards as external storage devices -
Third Generation
The integrated circuits. Magnetic core internal memories began to give way to a new form, metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) memory, which like integrated circuits, used silicons-backed chips. -
Fourth Generation
Integrated circuits were large-scale. The microprocessor appeared in the houses like PC'S, a very easy language software. -
Fifth Generation
Fifth generation computing devices, based on artificial intelligence, are still in development, though there are some applications, such as voice recognition, that are being used today. The use of parallel processing and superconductors is helping to make artificial intelligence a reality. Quantum computation and molecular and nanotechnology will radically change the face of computers in years to come
