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Computer Generations. May D. Panaligan. before…. Ancient people use stones and sticks to calculate numbers. Abacus. The abacus , also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool. First Generation. 1946 with ENIAC , the first 'computer' to use electronic valves called vacuum tubes
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Computer Generations May D. Panaligan
before… Ancient people use stones and sticks to calculate numbers
Abacus The abacus, also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool
First Generation • 1946 with ENIAC, the first 'computer' to use electronic valves called vacuum tubes • 1949 with the introduction of EDSAC, the first stored program computer
Second Generation (1956-1963) • invention of Transistors • the instructions(program) could be stored inside the computer's memory
Third Generation • IntergreatedCircuit(IC) was invented in 1958 • Jack Kilby
Fourth Generation(1971-Present) • modern day computers • The size started to go down with the improvement in the integrated circuits
Fifth Generation (Present and Beyond) • only in the minds of advance research scientists and being tested out in the laboratories • computers will be more powerful than those under central processing • future looks bright for the computers