GENERATION OF COMPUTER
Generation of computer actually means changes in hardware and software technology.
FIRST GENERATION
It consisted of high speed vacuum tube switching devices.
The computer having small memory.
The first generation computers used Machine languages.
SECOND GENERATION
In this generation the concept of transistors was introduce which is upgrade version of tube.It is
most reliable which made computer faster than FIRST GENERATION.It is more cheaper than tubes.
Magnetic disk storage was developed during this period.
Time sharing became possible in this generation.
Programming language FORTRAN ,COBOL developed during this period.
THIRD GENERATION
IC integrated circuit was first introduce during this period.
Magnetic core memory was replaced by semi-conductor memory.
With the invention of IC’s, it became possible to fit thousands of circuit elements into a small region and hence the size of the computers eventually became smaller and smaller.
FOURTH GENERATION
VLSI(Very Large Scale Integrated )was first introduce during this period.
VLSI circuits had almost about 5000 transistors on a very small chip
Development of GUIs, the mouse and handheld devices.
Microprocessors was introduced during this period.
FIFTH GENERATION
These computer uses ULSI(ultra Large scale Integrated) chips .
Working with computers of this generation was fast and multiple tasks could be performed simultaneously.
Some of the popular advanced technologies of the fifth generation include Artificial intelligence, Quantum computation, Nanotechnology, Parallel processing, etc.
