GENERATION OF COMPUTERS in English :Five generation of computer
The development of electronic computers can be divided into tive generations depending upon the technologies used. Each generation has its individual characteristics. First Generation (1940-1956) The first generation of computers used vacuum tubes as circuits and magnetie drums for memory. These tubes produced a lot of heat and were prone to frequent fusing of the installations and therefore, were very expensive and could be afforded only by large organisations. The input to the computer was through punched cards and paper tapes. The output was displayed as printouts. These computers relied on 'machine language' (which is in the form of '0' and 1). These computers were limited to solving one problem at a time. Second Generation (1956-1963) Transistors replaced the vacuum tubes of the first generation of computers. Transistors allowed computers to become smaller, faster, cheaper, energy efficient and reliable. They were superior to the vacuum tubes. They still r...