Time sharing operating system allowed interactive usage and simultaneous use of these system by a large number of users

Unbundling of software from hardware gave users of these system an opportunity to invest only in software of there need and values The mini-Computer of the third generation made available even affordable price to smaller companies

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The average number of electronic components packed on silicon chip doubled each year after 1965 . This progress soon led to era of Large scale integration (LSI), When it was possible to integrate over 30000 electronic components on a single chip followed by Very large scale integration (VLSI), when it was possible to integrate about one million electronic components on single chip.

 Storage :- during forth generation , magnetic memory replaced by semiconductor memories, resulting large random access memories , very fast access time . Floppy disk was very popular as portable medium 1.44 MB Networking:- Another significant development during the 4G was the spread of high-Speed computer networking which enabled multiple computers to be connected together , to enable them to communicate and share data LAN was very popular and Wide area network gave rise to network of computer and distributed system

 The PC were smaller and cheaper than the mainframe or minicomputer of the 3G They were located , no air condition was required for PC . The consumed much less power than the third generation computer. They were more reliable and less prone to hardware failure than 3G, The maintenance cost was negligible They had faster and larger primary and secondary storage. They were totally general purpose machines

 Graphical user interface enabled new user to quickly learn how to use computer. Network enabled computers sharing resources like disks printers etc among the multiple computers and their users. In addition unbundled software , these system also used add-on hardware feature . Personal computer invented