BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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They were too fast for the type of technology used.
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The computers were performing too many tasks at once
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The cost of maintaining them was too expensive and they generate a lot of heat
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They take up a lot of space
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Detailed explanation-1: -First generation computers relied on machine language. using a great deal of electricity, generated a lot of heat, which was often the cause of malfunctions.
Detailed explanation-2: -vacuum tubes are known as first-generation computers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The only big and established organization were capable of buying the first generation of computers as they were much expensive. They were not portable due to heavy in weight and large in size. They were very slow as they used a very narrow and inefficient technique (vacuum tubes).
Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution The correct answer is UNIVAC. Computers developed between 1946 – 1959, are the first generation of computers. They were large and limited to basic calculations.
Detailed explanation-5: -Detailed Solution. The first generation computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory.