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The document discusses the five generations of computers from the 1940s to the 1980s. The first generation used vacuum tubes and were large, expensive, and unreliable. The second generation used transistors, making computers smaller, faster, and more reliable. The third generation used integrated circuits, making computers even smaller and faster with greater storage. The fourth generation used microprocessors, allowing computers to become much smaller, faster, and cheaper. The fifth generation used artificial intelligence and parallel processing to make computers highly powerful.

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Assignment Generations of Computer

The document discusses the five generations of computers from the 1940s to the 1980s. The first generation used vacuum tubes and were large, expensive, and unreliable. The second generation used transistors, making computers smaller, faster, and more reliable. The third generation used integrated circuits, making computers even smaller and faster with greater storage. The fourth generation used microprocessors, allowing computers to become much smaller, faster, and cheaper. The fifth generation used artificial intelligence and parallel processing to make computers highly powerful.

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Generation of computers is the term used to define the different stages of development in the history of
the modern computer. It is also referred to as the evolutionary development of computer technology. It
is divided into five distinct generations, each characterized by a major technological development that
fundamentally changed the way computers operate.

The first generation of computers, which began in the 1940s, used vacuum tubes as the primary form of
circuitry. These computers were large, expensive and unreliable, and consumed a lot of electricity. They
were also slow to process information and lacked the capacity to store large amounts of data or
programs.

The second generation of computers, which began in the 1950s, used transistors instead of vacuum
tubes and were much smaller, faster and more reliable. They were also able to store more data and
programs.

The third generation of computers, which began in the 1960s, used integrated circuits instead of
transistors. These computers were much smaller and faster than the previous generations and had
much greater storage capacity.

The fourth generation of computers, which began in the 1970s, used microprocessors as the primary
form of circuitry. This allowed computers to become much smaller, faster and cheaper than ever before.

The fifth generation of computers, which began in the 1980s, used artificial intelligence and parallel
processing to make computers even more powerful. These computers are able to process complex tasks
and can perform tasks that humans cannot.

Generations of computers have seen dramatic changes in size, cost, speed and storage capacity. As
technology continues to advance, computers are becoming more powerful, faster and smaller. This
allows us to do more with computers than ever before.

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