FIRST GENERATION (1942 - 1955)
The
first computers used vacuum tubes
for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and were often enormous, taking up
entire rooms. First generation computers relied on machine language to perform
operations, and they could only solve one problem at a time.
The
Mark-I, EDSAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC-I and ENIAC computers are examples of first-generation
computing devices. It was very expensive to operate and in addition to using a
great deal of electricity, generated a lot of heat, which was often the cause
of malfunctions.
Vacuum
tubes used to calculate and store information, these computers were also very
hard to maintain. First generation computers also used punched cards to store
symbolic programming languages. Most people were indirectly affected by
this first generation of computing machines and knew little of their existence.
IMPORTANT
MACHINES:
Mark-I,
EDSAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC-I and ENIAClearn more click here
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