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    The document discusses the five generations of computers from the 1940s to the 1980s, specifying the technology used, examples of computers from each generation, and their key features. The first generation used vacuum tubes and were expensive with low speeds. The second generation used transistors and were more economical and smaller in size. The third generation used integrated circuits and were highly reliable, faster, and more economical.

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    The document discusses the five generations of computers from the 1940s to the 1980s, specifying the technology used, examples of computers from each generation, and their key features. The first generation used vacuum tubes and were expensive with low speeds. The second generation used transistors and were more economical and smaller in size. The third generation used integrated circuits and were highly reliable, faster, and more economical.

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    GENERATION OF COMPUTERS

    GENERATIONS TECHNOLOGY EXAMPLES FEATURES


    USED
    First generation(1940s) Vaccum Tubes ENIVAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC-I Expensive
    Low speed
    Second generation Transistors UNIVAC-III, IBM 1401 Economical
    (1950s) Smaller in size
    Third generation(1960s) Integrated Circuits IBM 360, Apple 1 Highly Reliable
    Faster and more
    economical
    Fourth Generation Microprocessor Desktop, HP 9000, Apple Reduction in size
    (1970s) Mac More reliable
    Extremely powerful
    Fifth generation(1980s) Ultra-Large-Scale Super Computers, Robot Recognizing voice
    Integration Making decisions
    Translation of different
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