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    The document summarizes the five generations of computers from 1939 to present. The first generation used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory. The second generation replaced vacuum tubes with transistors and used magnetic tape and disks for storage. The third generation introduced integrated circuits, making computers smaller, cheaper and more accessible. The fourth generation used microprocessors that integrated thousands of circuits onto a single chip. The fifth generation is based on artificial intelligence and natural language recognition principles.

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    The document summarizes the five generations of computers from 1939 to present. The first generation used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory. The second generation replaced vacuum tubes with transistors and used magnetic tape and disks for storage. The third generation introduced integrated circuits, making computers smaller, cheaper and more accessible. The fourth generation used microprocessors that integrated thousands of circuits onto a single chip. The fifth generation is based on artificial intelligence and natural language recognition principles.

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    Generations of Computer: First Generation 1939 - 1954

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    The document summarizes the five generations of computers from 1939 to present. The first generation used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory. The second generation replaced vacuum tubes with transistors and used magnetic tape and disks for storage. The third generation introduced integrated circuits, making computers smaller, cheaper and more accessible. The fourth generation used microprocessors that integrated thousands of circuits onto a single chip. The fifth generation is based on artificial intelligence and natural language recognition principles.

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    GENERATIONS OF COMPUTER

    First Generation
    1939 - 1954

    Vacuum
    Tubes
    This was when machine language was developed for the use of
    computers. They used vacuum tubes for the circuitry. For the
    purpose of memory, they used magnetic drums.

    Transistors
    Second Generation Transistors replaced vacuum
    1954 - 1959 tubes. This generation started
    using magnetic tape and disk for data
    storage. This led computers to become smaller, faster, cheaper, more
    energy-efficient and more reliable.

    Third Generation
    1959 - 1971
    Integrated Circuit

    Computers for the first time became accessible to a mass audience


    because they were smaller and cheaper than their predecessors.

    Microprocessors
    The microprocessor brought the fourth
    generation of computers, as
    Fourth Generation thousands of integrated circuits were built
    1959 - 1971 onto a single silicon chip.

    Artificial
    Intelligence

    Computer System are based on principles of Artificial Intelligence


    and Natural Language
    Recognition.
    Fifth Generation
    1991 - beyond

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