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20th century
- Electricity is created
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First generation
- Very large and expensive
- Use vacuum tubes (glass bulb and wire)
- First computer: ENIAC
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Second generation
- Use transitors
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Third generation
- Use integrated circuit (IC)
- Computers, faster, cheaper and smaller
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Fourth generation
- Use microprocessors (small silicon chips)
- Computers, smaller, portable and cheaper
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Fifth generation
- The most advanced computers
- Artficicial intelligence (AI)