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First generation - vacuum tube
- UNIVAC I
- IBM 704
- LEO I
- NORC - this was a supercomputer
Second generation - transistors
- UNIVAC III
- IBM 1620
- DEC PDP-1
- CDC 6600 - this was a supercomputer
Third generation - integrated circuits
- UNIVAC 1110
- IBM System/360
- DEC PDP-8
- Cray-1 - this was a supercomputer
Fourth generation - microprocessors
- MITS Altair 8800
- IBM PC
- Apple Mac
- IBM Blue/Gene - this was a supercomputer
What else can I help you with?
What has each generation of computers reflected?
Each generation reflected a decrease in hardware size but an increase in computer operation capabilities.
What are the storage capacity of 1st to 5th generation computers?
it varied significantly from computer to computer within each generation with large overlaps from generation to generation but the running trend has been for greater storage capacity in each successive generation.
1st generation of computer?
First generation computers were built with vacuum tubes. The capabilities were about the same as that of modern computers, except limited by very small memories and slow speed. Typical first generation computer memory cost from $2 to $20 per byte equivalent, whereas today's computer memory costs less than a micro-penny per byte.
What is the physical size of electronic era first generation computers?
The first generation (vacuum tube) computers varied in size from machines the size of a large room that you walked around inside of down to machines the size of large office desks. The largest built was the SAGE air defence system's AN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Central computer each of which occupied an entire floor of a large building.
What are the advantages of first generation of computers?
They were better than a large room of hundreds of human computers, each with a mechanical desk calculator trying to solve the same problems. Seriously! In the 1930s and 1940s, aircraft manufactures designing new airplanes and insurance companies computing actuarial tables used to set policy rates did exactly this. Their problems did not fit well on then available unit record electromechanical punch card machines and were too big for one man to solve. Such companies grabbed up the first generation electronic digital computers of the 1950s as fast as they came out.
What do mean by generation of computers?
It means that with each so-called "generation", there was a major breakthrough in computers. Terms such as "fourth generation" or "fifth generation" are not clearly defined, especially for the later generations.
What has each generation of computers reflected?
Each generation reflected a decrease in hardware size but an increase in computer operation capabilities.
Why do computers change in each generation?
growth of technology easy to maintaine
What are the storage capacity of 1st to 5th generation computers?
it varied significantly from computer to computer within each generation with large overlaps from generation to generation but the running trend has been for greater storage capacity in each successive generation.
What DO YOU MEAN BY generation of computer?
It means that with each so-called "generation", there was a major breakthrough in computers. Terms such as "fourth generation" or "fifth generation" are not clearly defined, especially for the later generations.
What is the country of manufacture for each of the years between 2000 and 2005 inclusive?
which firm build fourth generation computers
What is the ram size of Dell computers?
Depends which model you are looking at, as with any manufacturer. The RAM will be shown in the specs for each model.
1st generation of computer?
First generation computers were built with vacuum tubes. The capabilities were about the same as that of modern computers, except limited by very small memories and slow speed. Typical first generation computer memory cost from $2 to $20 per byte equivalent, whereas today's computer memory costs less than a micro-penny per byte.
In what year was multithreading developed for computers?
Multi-threading is a programming model that allows computers to communicate with each other using the same resources, but work independently. This process became supported in the late 1990s.
How do you tell between each generation of RAP4's T68 pistol?
look at the name tag on the gun
What kind of services does SPEC provide?
SPEC provide information technology services. They use a set of benchmarks suites that can be used to evaluate each new generation of high performance computers.
What is the process of finding the product of two numbers?
Multiplication (that's the name of the game and each generation they play the same!)
