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Computer Generation

The document outlines the evolution of computer generations, detailing five distinct generations from 1940 to the present. Each generation is characterized by advancements in technology, size, speed, and energy consumption, transitioning from vacuum tubes to artificial intelligence. Key vocabulary includes terms like technology, generation, and artificial intelligence, emphasizing the ongoing development of computers to meet human needs.

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Computer Generation

The document outlines the evolution of computer generations, detailing five distinct generations from 1940 to the present. Each generation is characterized by advancements in technology, size, speed, and energy consumption, transitioning from vacuum tubes to artificial intelligence. Key vocabulary includes terms like technology, generation, and artificial intelligence, emphasizing the ongoing development of computers to meet human needs.

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WALA:

Computer
Generation
WALT
• Types of computer generations
• Features of each computer generations
• Technology used in different computer generation
Starter
Can you compare the capacities of computers that were
used thirty years ago with those that we are using now?
What do you think could have changed over the years?
Key Vocabulary Word
Technology: Applying the knowledge of science to solving
problem
Generation: Things or people created at about the same
time
Artificial Intelligence: The science of making machines that
can think like humans.
Evolving: The changing state of things
Computer Generation
Computers have been evolving as the human need for more
complex devices keeps increasing.
Computers are classified into generations depending on
when they were in use and their characteristics.
There are five generations of computer. The current
generation is the fifth.
First Generation Second Generation
First generation was between Second Generation was
1940 – 1956. between 1956-1963.
They made so much noise,
Second generation computers
occupied a large space, and
generated so much heat. were better than first
generation computers. They
First generation computer used
used programming
vaccum tubes for memory and
punch card for input/output of
languages like used ALGOL,
data. FORTAN and COBOL
Examples of first generation Second generation computer
computers are ENIAC and used transistors for memory
EDVAC. and punch card for
input/output of data.
Examples of second generation
computers are CDC 1604 and
Third Generation Fourth Generation
Third generation was between Fourth generation was between
1964 – 1971. 1976 – 1999.
They were smaller and faster They were smaller, faster and
than second generation consumed less energy than third
computers. generation computers.

Third generation computer Fourth generation computer used


Very Large Scale Integrated
used integrated circuit for
Circuit for its memory.
its memory.
Graphic User Interface (GUI),
Keyboard was used for input Mouse, Desktop, Laptop,
and monitor was used for Palmtop and Computer network
output. were invented in the fourth
Examples of third generation generation.
computers are CDC 6600 Examples of fourth generation
and PDP 8/11,and IBM computers are Apple II and Cray
Fifth Generation
This is the present generation. It
started in year 2000.
Fifth generation used Ultra
Large Scale Integrated Circuit
(ULSIC). It is a generation driven
by AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Examples of fifth generation
computers are IBM, Robots,
Virtual Reality, Voice
Recognition Systems.
Pointing devices, keyboards,
mouse, and biometrics were used
for data entry.
Evaluation
1. State two disadvantages of first generation computers
2. Which technology was used in the second and third
generations?
3. Which technology was used in the fourth and fifth
generations?
Homework: Essay Questions: Page 13-15

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