History Of Computers

Chapter 1

Brief history of computers

Computers have become one of the most important parts of modern society. Nearly everything that is modern required or uses computer related technology in some way. But how did computers as we know them come to exist? Did someone sitting in his lab just one day say, "Aha! I've got it! The computer!"? Well, no, that is not how this happened. Rather, many years of brilliant ideas and research from many different individuals contributed to modern computing. The field is constantly evolving at a pace unlike anything before it as techniques are polished and new breakthroughs are made.

1.1Birth Of Computers
Suprisingly, things were much different 20 years ago if you had wanted to use a computer. Computers these days are more advanced and operating systems are much better and what they do best: Multi-tasking.Well, computers were actually present long before the 20th century. It began in the 17th century and followed through a number of generations before stopping in the fifth generation as it currently is. There is six generations altogether and I will outline them as below:

Generation 0 Mechanical Calculating Machines Generation 1 Vaacum tube Computers Generation 2 - Transistors

Generation 3 Integrated Circuits Generation 4 Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits (VLSI) Generation 5 the Future