INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
COMPUTER GENERATIONS AND CLASSIFICATION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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1946 to 1955
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1962 to 1970
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Two of the most significant examples of first-generation computers were ENIAC and UNIVAC.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC) was the first fully electronic computer. Designed and developed by J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly under contractor supervision of Lieutenant Herman Goldstine, 25 ENIAC funding came from the Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Although the development of computers began around 1940, the first generation of computers is considered from 1946 to 1959. During this period, computers were developed using vacuum tubes as the main component.