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A Personal computer is small, relatively inexpensive computer designed for an individual user. It uses the microprocessor technology that enables manufacturers to put an entire CPU on one chip. Today a personal computer or PC may be a desktop computer,...

The Colossus was a giant computer built by the British Secret Service during Word War II. An engineer called Tommy Flowers built it, and used vacuum tubes to perform the calculations. Colossus computers were used by the British to break the German codes....

In the fourth generation computer, thousands of integrated circuits were built onto a single silicon chip, and the microprocessor was introduced. What filled an entire room in the first generation computer would now fit in the palm of the hand! Microprocessors...

The development of the integrated circuit was the hallmark of the third generation of computers. Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips or integrated circuits, which drastically increased the speed and efficiency o computers. Punched...

Transistors replaced the vacuum tubes and ushered in the second generation of computers. The transistor was invented in 1947, but was not widely used in computers until the late 50s. The transistor was far superior to the vacuum tube, allowing computers...

The UNIVAC I which stands for Universal Automatic Computer I, was the first commercial computer made in the United States. As well as being the first American commercial computer, the UNIVAC I was the first American computer designed at the outset for...

I n first generation computers (1945-1956) the operating instructions or programs were specifically built for the task for which the computer was manufactured. They relied on machine language to perform operations, and they could only solve one problem...

ENIAC short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer was the first general-purpose electronic computer. When it was finished, the ENIAC filled the entire room. Weighted thirty tons, and consumed two hundred kilowatts of power. It generated so...

Hybrid computers are computers that have features of both analogue and digital computers. They accept analogue signals, convert them to digital signals, and process them in digital form. A hybrid computer system setup offers a cost-effective method of...

In a very general way, it can be said that the advantages of the digital computer compared to the analog computer,I are its greater flexibility and precision, while its disadvantages are its higher cost and complexity. Information storage can be easier...