COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the technology that was used in first generation computers?
A
Transistors
B
Integrated circuits
C
Artificial Intelligence
D
Vacuum tubes
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A vacuum-tube computer, now termed a first-generation computer, is a computer that uses vacuum tubes for logic circuitry. Although superseded by second-generation transistorized computers, vacuum-tube computers continued to be built into the 1960s.

Detailed explanation-2: -The period of the first generation of computers is 1946 – 1959, and the main technology used in computers was vacuum tubes. The period of the second generation of computers is 1959 – 1965, and the main technology used in computers was transistors.

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