MEDLIT module 3
MEDLIT module 3
MEDLIT module 3
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ELECTRONIC AGE (1930s- 1980s)
The Electronic age is the invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the power of
transistor that led to the transistor communication became more efficient. Examples: Transistor Radio, Television
(1941), Large electronic computers- i.e. EDSAC (1949) and UNIVAC 1 (1951), Mainframe computers - i.e. IBM 704(1960),
Personal computers - i.e. Hewlett-Packard 9100A (1968), Apple 1 (1976), OHP, LCD projectors
TRANSISTOR RADIO
MAINFRAME COMPUTERS
TELEVISION
(1995), Portable computers- laptops (1980), net books (2008), tablets (1993), Smart phones, Wearable technology,
Cloud and Big Data