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First Generation computers were made out Vaccum Tubes. They required alot of Electricity and emitted a lot of heat. Vaccum Tubes were also needed to be replaced when it becomes really hot. So Vaccum Tubes were not very efficient or easy to handle.
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First generation computers are called ICL2900HP9845 A VAX11780.What are second generation computers called?
Second Generation computers. The VAX mentioned above is just a single model of first generation electronic computers.
What are first generation computers?
By most definitions, first generation computers were the ones built with vacuum tubes.
What generation was the minicomputer first used?
The first minicomputers were second generation computers, but the most well known minicomputers were third generation computers.
Why are the fourth generation computers called digital computers?
Because the first, second, and third generation computers were also digital computers.
What are features for second generation computer?
Second generation computers are often called transistorized computers. The transistorized computers are more advanced computers than the first generation of computers.
History of computer Before 1st generation of computers?
Electro-Mechanical Computers were used before first generation of computers.
What generation computers used vacuum tubes?
FIRST GENERATION
What generation was vacuum tubes used?
first generation computers
Computer built before the first generation of computers were?
No computers.
What computers will used vacuum tubes?
First generation computers.
Was a Microcomputer part of the first generation?
no, first generation computers used vacuum tubes.
What happened to the speed of computers as they moved from first generation to fifth generation?
The speed of computers increased from one generation to the next generation, and to the next generation, and so on.
