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GENERATION OF COMPUTER

THE WORD GENERATION INDICATE A STATE OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH EACH NEW GENERATION OF COMPUTER. THEIR FIVE GENERATION OF COMPUTER:- FIRST GENERATION:- (1940-1956)  = VACUUM TUBE  They generate a lot of heat. They consumed a lots of electricity. They were very bulky in size. Vacuum tube use to filaments that that had limited life. This computer needed constant maintenance because of the low main time failure. This computer had limited commercial use they where difficult to program.  They where expensive. SECOND GENERATION:- (1956-1963) =  TRANSISTORS   They consume less electricity and thus generate less heat as compare to the first GENERATION computer. They where faster, cheaper, smaller and more reliable then first generation computer. They could be program using assembly language and high level language. These computer had faster memory and lager secondary memory.  These com...