History of computers

By Lara29
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    1st generation

    Computers were large, expensive and they requived a lot of electricity.
    They used vacum tubes. Vacum tubes were made of glass bulbs and wire.
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    2nd generation

    Computers were samller, faster and cheaper.
    They used transitors instead of vacum tubes
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    3rd generation

    Computers were faster, cheaper and smaller and they used less electricity. They used integrated circuits.Integrated circuits were as small as transistors but faster than them.
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    4th generation

    They were smaller, portable and cheaper. They used microprocesors. Microprocessors were small silicon chips. Computers used less electricity and produced less heat
  • 5th generation

    Are the most advanced computers. Scientist are trying to develop computers to think on their own. This is called artificial inteligence. They are the computers of the future

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