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Computer History Timeline Computer Generations MHS-TH-28

2. *Table of Contents* Slide 5: Picture of first generation computer Slide 6: What
are first generation computers Slide 7: Picture of Cathode Ray Tube Slide 8: What is
a Cathode Ray Tube Slide 9: Picture of Selective Sequence Calculator Slide10: What
is a selective sequence calculator Slide11: picture of second generation technology
Slide12: What is second generation technology Slide13: Picture of AT&T’s data
phone Slide14: What is AT&T’s data phone Slide15:Picture of First industrial Robot
3. *Table of Contents* Slide 16: What is the First industrial Robot Slide 17: Picture
of Third Generation Technology Slide18: What are Third Generation Computer
Slide19: Picture of HP-2115 Slide 20: What is the HP-2115 Slide 21: Picture of The
Stanford Arm Slide 22:What is the Stanford Arm Slide 23:Picture of fourth
generation computers Slide 24: What are fourth generation computers
4. *Table of Contents* Slide25: The first e-mail Slide26: How the first e-mail
happened Slide27: Picture of Pixar Slide28: What is Pixar Slide29: Picture Of fifth
generation technology Slide30: What is fifth generation technology Slide31: Picture
of Voice Recognition Slide32:What is voice recognition Slide33: Picture of Future
Changes Slide34: What are the plans of the future
5. 1st generation 1946-1958 http://members.iinet.net.au/~dgreen/.com Table of
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6. 1st Generation-Vacuum tubes • Used circuitry and magnetic drums for

memory. • Were enormous and very expensive. • Relied on machine language. •
Used the lowest-level programming language. • Solved one problem at a time. •
Generated a lot of heat causing malfunctions. Table of Contents
7. Cathode Ray Tube 1946-1958 Table of contents
8. 1947 • Introduced Williams tube, Cathode ray tube. • Painted dots and dashes
of phosphorescent. • Used as memory for vacuum tube machines. Table of
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9. Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator 1946-1958
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/50th/ABC.jpg Table of Contents
10. 1948 • IBM’S selective sequence electronic calculator • Produced 50
multiplications per second. Table of Contents
11. 2nd Generation 1959-1964 Table of Contents
12. 2nd Generation- Transistors • Transistors replaced vacuum tubes • Ushered in
the second generation of computers. • Computers became cheaper and more
energy-efficient. • Computers still generated a great amount of heat. Table of
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13. AT&T’S Data Phone 1959-1964
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/images/1960_data.jpg Table of Contents
14. 1960 • At&t designed its data phone. • Converts digital computer data to analog
signals. • Transmitted signals across its long distance network Table of Contents
15. First industrial robot at General Motors 1959-1964 http://robotics-
tamucc.com/images/GM.jpg Table of Contents
16. 1961 • First industrial robot works at general motors. • Obeying step-by-step
commands. • Commands stored on a magnetic drum. • It stacked hot pieces of die
cast metal Table of Contents
17. 3rd Generation 1965-1970 http://georgeboole.net/graphics/stuff/system
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18. 3rd generation- integrated circuits • Integrated circuits brought fourth the
3rd generation. • Transistors were miniaturized and placed on chips. • Increased the
speed and efficiency of computers. • Different applications could be ran
simultaneously. Table of contents
19. HP-2115 1965-1970 Table of contents
20. 1966 • Hewlett Packard entered general purpose computer business. • Entered
with its HP-2115 for computation. • Power formerly founded in only larger
companies. Table of Contents
21. Stanford Arm 1965-1970
http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/robots/StanfordArm.j
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22. 1969 • Invented by Victor Scheinman. • First successful electrical, computer
controlled robot arm. • Assembled ford model water pump by 1974. Table of
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23. 4TH Generation 1971 to Present http://nzedge.com/speeches/images/17.jpg
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24. 4th generation-Microprocessors • Microprocessors brought fourth the 4th
generation computers. • Integrated circuits were built on single chip. • Computers
now fit in your hand. • Computers can now be linked together. Table of Contents
25. The first e-mail Computer used to send first e-mail 1971-present
http://img.zdnet.com/techDirectory/_1EMAIL.JPG Table of Contents
26. 1971 • First E-mail was sent by Ray Tomlinson. • Sent while working on other
projects. • Ray also invented the use of “@”. Table of Contents
27. Pixar 1971-present http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/Pixar-
Animation-Studios-A-w.jpg Table of Contents
28. 1986 • Pixar is founded • Pixar was, ”special effects Computer group”. • Steve
jobs paid10 million for Lucas films. • He later renamed Lucas films Pixar. Table of
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29. 5th generation Present-beyond Table of Contents
30. 5th generation-Artificial Intelligence • Artificial intelligence is still in
development. • Intelligence that responds to natural language. • Capable of learning
and self-organization. Table of Contents
31. Voice recognition Present-beyond
http://www.technoride.com/images/img125371.jpg Table of Contents
32. 2007-2008 • Converts spoken words to machine readable inputs. • Used a lot in
health care. • Wanted to be used in Military weapons. Table of Contents
33. Changes Present-beyond
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34. Beyond • 2015-converse with the average computer. • Future systems will be
able to solve problems. • Computers will be easier to use • Will be more flexible and
easily customized. • Will access intelligence's from anywhere. Back to Beginning of
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