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Generation notes
Question | Answer |
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What number system did they use? | binary |
How many tubes did ABC contain? | hundereds |
How did ABC store numbers for calculations? | by electronically burning holes in sheets of paper |
(Electronic discrete Variable automatic computer) | EDVAC |
(electronic delay storage automatic computer) | EDSAC |
Who built EDVAC and EDSAC | Mauchly, Eckert, and von Neumann |
what was EDVAC and EDSAC designed to do? | Designed to solve many different problems by simply entering new instructions that were stored on paper tape |
machine language | 0s and 1s |
who built the UNIVAC | Mauchly and Eckert |
disadvandage of 1st gen. computers | too many vacuums and too large |
advantage of 1st gen. computers | the ability to perform up to 1000 calculations per second |
model 650 advantages | SmallerCapable of handling a flood of paperwork |
advantages to magnetic tape | ability to read (access) data quickly and reliablyability to write (store) data quickly and reliably |
Types of Programming Languages | FORTRAN |
FORTRAN commands | READ and WRITE |
Third generation computers advantages | popular among businessessmaller sizeless expensive |
who invented mircroprocessor | marcian hoff |
who built the first apple computor | Stephen wozniak and Steven jobs |
who was founder of microsoft | Bill gates |
what kind of computors do we use today | PC |