Generation of the computer

  
First Generation (1946-1956)

Vacuum Tubes: The first generation of the computer uses vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory and it is very large computer it taking up entire room and it produces large amount of heat which causes malfunction of the computer, it is very expensive to operate and it consumes large amount of electricity.
This computer uses machine language the lowest level of programming language that the computer can understood and this computer can solve one problem at a time.


Second Generation (1956-1963)

Transistors: It replaces the vacuum tube it is smaller,faster,cheaper,more energy-efficient and more reliable that`s why it replaces the vacuum tubes but it also produces large amount of heat that result to computer damage like vacuum tubes computer it also uses punch cards for input and print out for output.
it also uses high level programming language the early version of COBOL and FORTRAN it also the first computer that stored their instruction to their memory, which move from the magnetic drum to magnetic core technology.

Third Generation (1964-1971)

(IC) Integrated Circuit: Transistors were miniaturize and place into silicon chip called semiconductor it increases the efficiency and speed of the computer instead of punch cards it uses keyboard  and instead of printout it uses monitor for the output
and interfaced with an operating system which allowed the device to run many different application at one time
it is also much smaller than the past generation of the computer.





Forth Generation (1971-Present)

Microprocessor: It composes of thousand of integrated circuits were miniaturize and built into a single silicon chip, located all the component of the computer from the central processing unit to input output controls  As this small computer became more powerful.




Fifth Generation (Present and Beyond)

Artificial Intelligence:
This generation of computer are still developing.
This generation of computer is develop to respond the natural language input and capable of self-recognition