COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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Vacuum tubes were used in the 3rd generation computers
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False
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True
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The first generation of computers used vacuum tubes; the second generation of computers used transistors; the third generation of computers used integrated circuits; and the fourth generation of computers used microprocessors.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ENIAC was the first operational electronic general-purpose computer, which stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. In ENIAC, 18000 vacuum tubes were used to build it in 1943.
Detailed explanation-3: -The computer made in the second generation was completely based upon transistors. Transistors replaced vacuum tubes in computers.
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