3rd Generation of Computer

(1965-1971)
 Content
 What is computer?
 3rd generation of computer
 Main technology of 3rd generation computer
 Input devices of 3rd generation computer
 Output devices of 3rd generation computer
 Advantages & disadvantages of 3rd generation computer
What is computer?

 A computer is a digital electronic machine that can be

programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical
operations automatically.
3rd generation of computer

 Third generation of computers were computers that emerged

due to the development of the integrated circuit(IC).They were
the first steps toward computers as we know today.
 Main technology of 3rd generation computer

Hardware Technology
 The third generation computers used the Integrated Circuit (IC) chips.
In an IC chip, multiple transistors are placed on a silicon chip. Silicon is a
type of semiconductor. The use of IC chip increased the speed and the
efficiency of computer, manifold. The keyboard and monitor were used to
interact with the third generation computer, instead of the punched card
and printouts.
Integrated Circuits (IC)
Software Technology

 The keyboard and the monitor were interfaced through the

operating system. Operating system allowed different
applications to run at the same time. High-level languages were
used extensively for programming, instead of machine language
and assembly language.
Computing Characteristics

 The computation time was in nanoseconds.

Physical Appearance

 The size of these computers was quite small compared to the

second generation computers.
Examples:

 IBM 370
 PDP-11
 IBM System/360
 UNIVAC 1108
 Honeywell-6000
 DEC series
 ICL 2900
UNIVAC 1108 HONEYWELL IBM 370/360
6000 Series