Computer History
The first generation
Generation
The first generation of the computer was vacuum tubes.The first computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory.The vacuum tubes were very big and took up most of the room.
The second generation
Generation
The second generation is transistors.Transistors replaced vacuum tubes and ushered in the second generation of computers.The transistor was invented in 1947.
The third generation
Generation
The third generation was integrated circuits.The development of the integrated circuits was the hallmark of the third generation of computers.
The fourth generation
Generation
The fourth generation of computers was microprocessors.The microprocessors brought the fourth generation of computers,as thousands of integrated circuits were built onto a single silicon chip.
The fifth generation
Generation
The fifth generation of computers was artificial intelligence.Fifth generation computing devices,based on artificial intelligence,are still in development,though there are some applications,such as voice recognition,that are being used today.
Alan Turing
Alan Turing
Alan Turing was born on 23rd June 1912. He died on 7th June 1954 (age 41).Alan died because he was gay he killed himself by putting cyanide into an apple and then he bit the apple. That's how the apple got its symbol.
peripheral devices
peripheral devices
A peripheral device is something that is used to put information or get information out of a computer. There are two different types of peripheral input devices, which interact with or send data to the computer(mouse, keyboards, ect.)
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim was born on 8th June 1955 (age 60) London, England. He was also known as TimBL.He is an computer scientist, he is best known as the inventor of the world wide web. Tim is the director of the world wide web consortium.