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Lesson 6

Generations of Computer

Krystel Jane L. Ajias


Instructor
First Generation
(1940-1956)

The first generation of computers used Vacuum


tubes as a major piece of technology. Vacuum
tubes were widely used in computers from 1940
through 1956. Vacuum tubes were larger
components and resulted in first generation
computers being quite large in size, taking up a lot
of space in a room. Some of the first generation
computers took up an entire room.
ENIAC

ENIAC is consisted of nearly 20,000 vacuum tubes,


as well as 10,000 capacitors and 70,000 resistors. It
weighed over 30 tons and took up a lot of space,
requiring a large room to house it.
Mark 1
The Manchester Mark 1
was one of the first
computers that could run a
stored program. Built at
the Victoria University
Manchester, the first
version of the Mark 1
became operational in
April 1949. It was used to
run a program to search
for Mersenne primes for
nine hours without error
on June 16 and 17 that
same year.
EDSAC
Short for Electronic Delay
Storage Automatic Calculator
Is an early British computer
considered to be the second
stored program electronic
computer. It was created at the
University of Cambridge in
England, performed its first
calculation on May 6, 1949. It
also has the distinction of being
the first computers to run a
graphical computer game,
named “OXO” today its called
tic-tac-toe.
second Generation
(1956-1963)

The second generation of computers saw the use


of transistors instead of vacuum tubes. Transistors
were widely used in computers from 1956-1963.
Transistors were smaller than vacuum tubes and
allowed computers to be smaller in size, faster in
speed and cheaper to build.
TX-0
TX-0 is short for
Transistorized Experimental
Computer Zero
(pronounced as “tix oh”).
TX-0 computer is a circuitry
that used Philo surface-
barrier transistors, which
were encapsulated in plug-
in vacuum tubes for testing
and easy removal. The TX-0
incorporated around 3600
Philco high-frequency
surface barrier transistors,
the first transistor suitable
for high speed computers.
IBM 7070
IBM 7070 was a decimal
architecture intermediate
data processing system that
was introduced by IBM in
1958. It was part of the IBM
700/ 7000 series, and was
based on discrete
transistors rather than the
vacuum tubes of the 1950’s.
It was the company’s first
transistorized stored-
program computer.
third Generation
(1964-1971)

The third generation of computers introduced the


use of Integrated Circuits (IC). Using IC’s in
computers helped reduce the size of computers
even more compared to second-generation
computers, as well as make them faster. IC’s are
still used in computers today. The IC was invented
by Jack Kilby.
Programming Languages
Fortran
(derived from Formula
Pascal PL/1
Translator)
Short for Programming
Is a general purpose,
Language One. It is a
compiled imperative
procedural imperative
programming language that
computer programming
is especially suited to
language developed and
numeric computation and
published by IBM. It is
scientific computing.
designed for scientific,
engineering, business and
system programming. It has
been used b academic,
commercial and industrial
organizations .
Fourth Generation
(1972-2010)

The fourth generation of computers took


advantage of the invention of the microprocessor,
more commonly known as CPU. Microprocessors,
along with Integrated Circuits, helped make it
possible for computers to fit easily on a desk and
for the introduction of the laptop.
IBM 5100

The IBM 5100 is recognized


as the first portable
computer and was first
released in September
1975. The computer
weighed 55 pounds and had
a five inch CRT display, tape
drive, 1.9 MHz PALM
processor, and 65 KB of
RAM.
Micral N

Micral N is a series of
microcomputers produced
by a French company. The
Micral N was the first
commercially available
microprocessor-based
computer. This was first
introduced in 1973.
fifth Generation
(2010- present)

The fifth generation of computers are beginning to


use AI (artificial Intelligence), an exciting
technology that has many potential applications
around the world. Leaps have been made in AI
technology and computers, but there is still much
room for improvement.
Apple’s SIRI
SIRI is a software for the
Home Pod, iPhone and
macOS from Apple that
provides the user with a
personal assistant that can
perform various tasks based
on the user’s voice
commands. It can answer
questions, schedule
meetings, send messages
and do other things that are
helpful to the user.
Cortana

Cortana is a virtual assistant


created by Microsoft for
Windows 10, Windows 10
mobile, Windows Phone8.1,
invoke smart speaker,
Microsoft Band, Surface
Headphones, Xbox One,
iOS, Android, Windows
Mixed Reality and Amazon
Alexa.

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