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Valves, as used in an old wireless/radio, is not used in modern computers.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 6y agoValves had a habit of generating vast amounts of heat - needing expensive cooling systems to keep the temperature at a working level. They were also very fragile - and brooke easily.
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∙ 6y agoThe main problem - was heat ! Valves give off a lot of heat - which, if not dissipated - would cause the valves to fail.
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What are some of the Colossus computer problems with valves?
they were huge and you needed loads
What were the main problems with valves?
Mechanical valves are effective but can increase the incidence of blood clots.
How did they get the computer to work?
using valves
What were the two main problems caused by using the valves on the Colossus computer?
Probably rate of burnout and heat. But this was common to all vacuum tube computers, not just Colossus.
Were the two main problems caused by using the valves?
To many people dying and changing valves for something else
What were the two main problems caused by using the valves?
To many people dying and changing valves for something else
What were the two main problems caused by using the valves in colossus computer?
Reliability and heat were the main problems. Valves were fragile devices that, due to the relatively primitive way they were manufactured, failed pretty quickly. In addition to that, they gave off vast amounts of heat. This meant they needed expensive air-conditioning systems to keep their temperature down.
The first electronic computer components were called?
Valves
What component replaced valves in the second generation computer?
discrete transistors
How much valves are in a modern day computer?
There are no valves in a modern computer. If by valves you mean vacuum tubes, the equivalent is a transistor. Modern CPUs have many transistors/gates on their dies. The SandyBridge i7, a near-top end general purpose computer COU can have 2.2 billon transistor elements on the CPU die. Of course there are many more transistors incorporated in the logic chips, controllers and video cards in a computer as well.
2. What are some of the traditional problems in computer investigations?
what are some problems conected with computer investigations
What part of the colossus computer enabled it to do the processing?
The Colossus computer worked using one to two thousand thermionic valves.
