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History of Computers Teacher: Ms. Hall Reference site: History of Computer generation's of computer (HQ) YouTube Investors of Early Computers • Abacus • The Pascaline Machine - Blaise Pascal and Gottfried Wihelm Leibnez • The Babbage Machine (Analytical Engine) Charles Babbage • The Automatic Loom (Hollerith Machine)Herman Hollerith USES OF EARLY COMPUTING DEVICES • Pascaline- Used by scientists and mathematicians (additions and subtraction) • Abacus- Used in schools, offices, shops (calculations/payroll) • Automatic Loom- (census) • Analytic Engine- (calculations) THE PASCALINE THE ABACUS THE AUTOMATIC LOOM THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE FIRST GENERATION SECOND GENERATION THIRD GENERATION FOURTH GENERATION Generation of Computers First Generation (1951-1958) Second Third Fourth Generation Generation (1959- Generation (1965- (1971- present) 1964) 1971) Vacuum Tubes Transistors Integrated Circuits Microprocessors Big and Clumsy Transistors were used Integrated circuits developed Development of portable computers High electricity consumption Core memory was developed. Power consumption was low. Larger AC were needed Faster than first generation computers. Floppy disks became the more popular storage medium. Lot of electricity failure occurred. 100 times faster than the second generation. Super Computer • Supercomputers – are the largest, fastest and most powerful computers at present. Mainframe Computers • Mainframe Computers are very expensive and can handle more than hundred users at a time. They are found in large organization such as Banks. Microcomputer This type of computers include; systems that are for general purpose and for business needs. They are usually called PC’s (Personal Computers) based on the microprocessor. Examples are desktop computers, laptop, notebook etc Mini Computers Have become outdated and are rarely used today. They were very popular in the 1960s. They take up less space, may fit on a desk or take up the space of filing cabinet. Types of Computer Characteristics /Features Supercomputer Microcomputer Mainframe Minicomputer Design or Architecture Developed by International Business. They are equivalent to two basketball courts. Mainframes vary in size . They are small, they can fit on a desk or be as big as a large filing cabinet Speed at which instructions are carried out It’s the fastest, most powerful and most expensive computer currently available. They process data at millions of instructions per second. It can process a number of applications at the same time Amount of main memory The main memory is measured in million of bytes. They store millions of bytes, Microcomputer also known as personal computers THE END