GENERATIONS OF COMPUTER FIRST GENERATION

FEATURES OF FIRST GENERATION

1. Use of vacuum tubes

2. Big & Clumsy

3. High Electricity Consumption

4. Programming in Mechanical Language

5. Larger AC were needed

6. Lot of electricity failure occured

SECOND GENERATION

FEATURES OF SECOND GENERATION

1. Transistors were used

2. Core Memory was developed

3. Faster than First Generation computers

4. First Operating System was developed

5. Programming was in Machine Language & Assembly Language

6. Magnetic tapes & discs were used

7. Computers became smaller in size than the First Generation computers

8. Computers consumed less heat & consumed less electricity

THIRD GENERATION

THIRD GENERATION FEATURES

1. Integrated circuits developed

2. Power consumption was low

3. SSI & MSI Technology was used

4. High level languages were used

FOURTH GENERATION

FOURTH GENERATION COMPUTERS

1. LSI & VLSI Technology used

2. Development of Portable Computers

3. RAID Technology of data storage

4. Used in virtual reality, multimedia, simulation

5. Computers started in use for Data Communication

6. Different types of memories with very high accessing speed & storage capacity

FIFTH GENERATION

 FIFTH GENERATION COMPUTERS

1. Used in parallel processing

2. Used superconductors

3. Used in speech recognition

4. Used in intelligent robots

5. Used in artificial intelligence