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The computers of electronic age are further divided into 5 generation on the basis of technology used by
the computer. The different generations are:
4) Memory used
5) I/O device:
7) Computers were extremely large in size, and they required special cooling system. e.g.: ENIVAC,
EDVAC, UNIVAC, etc.
4) Memory used
7) The size, cost, power requirement, heat generation decreased compared to previous generation.
8) Processing speed, storage capacity, use of the computer increased compared to previous
generation.
Secondary memory: Magnetic tape, Magnetic disk like floppy disk, hard disk, etc)
vi) Use: Computers were used for managing population census, bank, insurance company, etc.
viii) Size, cost, power requirement, heat generation decreased compared to previous generations.
ix) Processing speed, storage capacity, use of the computer increased compared to previous
generations.
E.g.: IBM 360 series, ICL 900 series, Honeywell 200 series, etc.
IC and its types:
IC is a small silicon chip which contains large number of electronic components like transistor, resistor,
capacitor, etc.
(1-20 components)
(21-100 components)
(101-1000 components)
(1001-10000 components)
4) Memory used:
Secondary: Magnetic tape, Magnetic Disk, Optical memory (CD/DVD/ Blu ray), Flash
5) I/O device:
Advanced I/O devices like mouse, touch screen, scanner, LCD, LED, color printer, etc are
developed.
6) Use:
Computers are used for different task in different areas like education, business, hospital,
transportation, military, etc.
8) The popular communication media like internet, email, mobile communication, etc were developed.
10) Size, cost, power requirement, heat generation decreased compared to previous generation.
11) Operating speed, storage capacity, use of the computer increased compared to previous generation.
E.g.: IBM desktop PC, HP laptop, Acer notebook, Mac book, etc.
5) The computers will be used in complex calculation where intelligence of the computer is required.
7) The computers will be based on KIPS (Knowledge based Information Processing System)