COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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3rd generation
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2nd generation
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4th generation
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1st Generation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The first generation computers had extensive operation cost because of many reasons such as the excess consumption of electricity, high generation of heat, as well as the cost of maintaining it.
Detailed explanation-2: -First Generation: Vacuum Tubes (1940-1956): These computers were very expensive to operate and in addition to using a great deal of electricity, the first computers generated a lot of heat, which was often the cause of malfunctions.
Detailed explanation-3: -ENIAC was completed in 1945 and first put to work for practical purposes on December 10, 1945. ENIAC was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania on February 15, 1946, having cost $487, 000 (equivalent to $6, 200, 000 in 2021), and called a “Giant Brain” by the press.