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    The document outlines 5 generations of computers from 1951 to the present. The first generation used vacuum tubes and magnetic drums for storage. The second generation used transistors instead of vacuum tubes. The third generation used silicon chips and magnetic cores for storage. The fourth generation used large-scale integrated circuits and could store programs on disks. The fifth generation uses very large-scale integrated circuits and has unlimited storage capacity using technologies like CD-ROMs and optical disks.

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    Computer Generations

    Key for Computer Generations

    • Time Frame
    • Circuit Components
    • Elements per Component
    • Internal Storage
    • Memory Capacity
    • Data Input
    • Popular Computers and Companies at that time
    First Generations 1951- 1958
    • Vacuum Tubes
    • Magnetic Drum
    • 4,000 bits
    • Hard Wire Programs in computers
    • IBM 650, Univac I
    • ENIAC
    Second Generation 1959-1964
    • Transistors
    • Magnetic Cores
    • 32,000 bits
    • Punch Cards
    • CDC, GE, IBM
    Third Generation 1965-1974
    • Silicon Chips (Integrated circuits)= IC
    • Cores, IC’s
    • 128,000 bits
    • Keyboard Entry
    • IBM, NCR, Honeywell
    Fourth Generation 1975-1989
    • Silicon Chips (Large scale integrated
    circuits)=LSI
    • IC’s, LSI’s
    • 100 million bits
    • Read programs off disks
    • Apple, Xerox, Texas Instrument, Hewlett-
    Packard
    Fifth Generation 1990-present
    • Silicon Chips ( Very Large Integrated Circuits)
    VLSI
    • LSI’s, VLSI’s
    • Unlimited
    • CdRom, Optical Disk
    • NEC, Packard Bell, Compaq, Other Clones
    Information is Power

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