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    The document discusses the history and generations of computers. It notes that the first computers were simple calculators created hundreds of years ago, with early pioneers including Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine in the 1820s. The Z3, built in 1941, was the world's first programmable computer. Early computers used vacuum tubes, punched cards, and magnetic drums. Transistors were introduced in the 1950s, allowing for smaller size and lower power usage. Integrated circuits further increased speed and reduced size. Modern computers use microprocessors, keyboards/mice, hard disks, high-level languages like Python, and artificial intelligence technologies like voice/image recognition. Cloud storage is now commonly used.

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    The document discusses the history and generations of computers. It notes that the first computers were simple calculators created hundreds of years ago, with early pioneers including Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine in the 1820s. The Z3, built in 1941, was the world's first programmable computer. Early computers used vacuum tubes, punched cards, and magnetic drums. Transistors were introduced in the 1950s, allowing for smaller size and lower power usage. Integrated circuits further increased speed and reduced size. Modern computers use microprocessors, keyboards/mice, hard disks, high-level languages like Python, and artificial intelligence technologies like voice/image recognition. Cloud storage is now commonly used.

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    Chapter - I

    Generation of computers

    Answer the following:-

    What do you know about the history of computer?

    When computers were first made, they were very expensive. Only few people
    like scientists and engineers used it, mostly for complex calculations. But as
    technology became affordable as well as necessary, the use of computers
    expanded gradually. UNIVAC I was the world's first commercially available computer
    launched in 1951. But the journey of computer started much before that. The first
    computers were calculators designed hundreds of years back. lt all started with the
    Abacus later Pascaline, Leibniz's Calculator and Napier's Bones. Difference Engine
    was built during the 1820s and 1830s which was considered to be as the first
    computer which was developed by Charles Babbage .
    2. Which was the first programmable computer?

    Z3was the world's first programmable computer designed by German inventor Konrad
    Zuse in1941. Zuse also built the Z4 which was the world's first commercial digital
    computer. For his achievements in the computing world, iKonrad Zuse is
    regarded as the inventor of the modern computer.
    3. What do you know about the generation of computers?

    vaccum Tubes used to control and amplify the signals.

    used are punched cards

    Magnetic drum which could store small amount of data

    Machine language used for programming and commands were fed in binary digits.

    eg:UNIVAC,ENIAC,EDVAC

    Transistors which was comparatively cheaper ,smaller in size and less power
    consumption

    Punched cards and tapes were used along with punched card to fed the data.

    Magnetic tapes

    Assembly and high level languages like FORTRAN and COBOL are used for programming

    eg: IBM 7094.UNIVAC 1108

    Integrated Circuits
    . Component with number of transistor
    . Increased speed and size decreased

    Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor

    Magnetic disk with which we can write ,rewrite and access data

    Languages are high level languages like C,C++

    eg: PDP -11, IBM 370


    Microprocessors

    Printer and scanner

    Hard disk / Pen drive where we can store large amount of data

    Languages used were SQL/Python

    Artificial Intelligence
    . ULSI (Ultra Large Scale Integration) technology used .
    Gesture recognition technology
    '. . Voice & image recognition

    Remote storage
    . Cloud storage
    . External Hard Disk Drive

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