COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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1939
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1947
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Detailed explanation-1: -1945: Two professors at the University of Pennsylvania, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, design and build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC). The machine is the first “automatic, general-purpose, electronic, decimal, digital computer, ‘’ according to Edwin D.
Detailed explanation-2: -The period of first generation was from 1946-1959. The computers of first generation used vacuum tubes as the basic components for memory and circuitry for CPU (Central Processing Unit). These tubes, like electric bulbs, produced a lot of heat and the installations used to fuse frequently.
Detailed explanation-3: -First Generation: The first generations of computer were developed between 1939-1945. The major component of this generation of computer was vacuum tubes. These computers were very heavy in size, they generate lots of heats and noise, and they are very slow in speed less reliable and efficient.