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Computer Generations

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what was ENIAC Originally? A Computer for calculating tragectory
what do CPU, EDSAC, EDVAC stand for? Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic ComputerCentral Processing UnitElectronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
What was a disadvantige of the first generation computers Large vacuem tubes, and were expensive
What was a advantige of second generation computers little and less expensive
what does Fortran and COBOL stand for Common Business Oriented Language, FORmula TRANslator
What is a main frame large computer system that is usually used for multi-user applications
what is the first medium-sized computer The Model 650
what was The first microcomputer altar
who designed and built the first apple computer Stephen wozniak and Steven jobs
what was one of the first Mainframes IBM system 360
how many transistors could a chip replace hundreds of transistors
what is a Program A list of instructions written in a special language that the computer understands.
who Designed and built EDVAC and EDSAC Mauchly, Eckert, and von Neumann
how many calculations per second could it do perform up to 1,000 calculations per second
what did the second generation computers have the ability to do Ability to read data quickly and reliablyAbility to write quickly and reliably
what is Basic a computer language
what did basic evolve into Visual Basic
what is basic used for today Widely used today for windows programming
who founded Microsoft Bill gates
the stored program was also know as the universel machine
what did all the programming lenguages have in common provided a common languege
which computer was the first computer to use integrated circuits Model 350
what was the name of the first personal computer altir
what did the stored program eliminate pulling & unpluging of wires
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