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First generation (1st)
-Used vacuum tube (glass bulb and wire)
-Were very large
-Expensive
-A lot of electricity
-The ENIAC (Integrator and calculator) -
Birth of the Mark I Colossus
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Second generation (2nd)
-Faster and cheaper, smaller inside
-Used transmitors instead of vacuums tubes -
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Third generation (3rd)
-Integrated circuit (IC)
-Were: Cheaper, Smaller and faster
-Less electricity -
The first e-mail is sent
-The first message was sent by Ray Tomlinson -
First computer with a single-circuit
The first computer with a single-circuit board and ROM (Read only memory) -
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Fourth generation (4th)
-Microprossesors (small silicon chips)
-Cheaper, produce less heat, smaller
-Less electricity -
Sony
Sony introduces the first 3 1/2 inch floppy drives and diskettes -
Period: to
Fifth generation (5th)
-Most advanced
-Robots
-Artificial inteligence (AI)
-Scientist are trying to develop them -
In the future... (1)
-A zetta-scale supercomputer would be a million times more powerful than the fastest supercomputer of the early 2020s. -
In the future... (2)
-Processor speed will double within 24 months
-By 2050 we would have a chip capable of operating at 5,452,595 gigahertz, or almost 5.5 petahertz.