MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

ICT

ARCHITECTURE OF 8085

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Vacuum tubes were element base of ____ generation computers.
A
second
B
first
C
third
D
fourth
E
fifth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The vacuum tubes technology was used by the first generation of the computers, which was invented by Lee De Forest in 1906.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first generation computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and were often enormous, taking up entire rooms. The vacuum tube was developed by Lee De Forest. A vacuum tube is a device generally used to amplify a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an evacuated space.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -history of computers vacuum tubes are known as first-generation computers. (With 1, 500 mechanical relays, ENIAC was still transitional to later, fully electronic computers.)

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