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The document outlines the five generations of computers, starting from the first generation using vacuum tubes and plug boards (1951-1958) to the current fifth generation representing the present and future. Each generation introduced significant technological advancements, such as transistors, integrated circuits, and microprocessors. Notable computers from each generation are mentioned, along with key programming languages like COBOL and FORTRAN used during the second generation.

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The document outlines the five generations of computers, starting from the first generation using vacuum tubes and plug boards (1951-1958) to the current fifth generation representing the present and future. Each generation introduced significant technological advancements, such as transistors, integrated circuits, and microprocessors. Notable computers from each generation are mentioned, along with key programming languages like COBOL and FORTRAN used during the second generation.

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There are five

generations of
computers.

1. The First Generation: Vacuum Tubes and Plug boards (1951 -1958)
2. The Second Generation: Transistors and Batch Filing (1959 -1963)
3. The Third Generation: Integrated Circuits and Multi-Programming
(1964 - 1979)
4. The Fourth Generation: The Microprocessor, OS and GUI (1979 to Present)
5. The Fifth Generation: The Present and The Future (present)
The first generation
computers were slow, huge and expensive. In
these computers, vacuum tubes were used as
the basic components of CPU and memory.
These computers were mainly depended on
batch operating system and punch cards.
Magnetic tape and paper tape were used as
output and input devices in this generation;

Vacuum Tubes and Plug boards


Vacuum Tubes and Plug boards
Some of the popular first generation computers are;
•ENIAC ( Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
•EDVAC ( Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer)
•UNIVAC( Universal Automatic Computer)
•IBM-701
•IBM-650

Vacuum Tubes and Plug boards


World's First Computer, the
In 1945 Von Neumann wrote a
Electronic Numerical
sorting algorithm for the EDVAC
Integrator and Calculator (Electronic Discrete Variable
(ENIAC) Automatic Computer) This sorting
algorithm later became known as
Merge sort

IBM 701 Electronic Data IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data-


Processing Machine, known as Processing Machine is an early digital
the Defense Calculator computer
COBOL and FORTRAN are high-level
programming languages,

1959 -1963)
Some of the popular second generation compute
CDC 1604

CDC 3600

IBM 7094
UNIVAC 1108
IBM 1620
The third generation computers used
integrated circuits (ICs) instead of
transistors. A single IC can pack huge
number of transistors which increased
the power of a computer and reduced
the cost.

(1964 - 1979

Multi-Programming
Some of the popular third
generation computers are;
•IBM-360 series
•Honeywell-6000 series
•PDP(Personal Data Processor)
•IBM-370/168
•TDC-316
1979 to Present

The Microprocessor, OS and GUI


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