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The History of Computer

The computer as we know it today had its beginning with a 19 century english
mathematics professor name Charles Babbage. He designed Analytical Engine and it was
this design that the basic framework of the computers of today are based on. Computers
has three generations, each generations lasted for a certain period of time, and each gave
us either a new and improved computers or an improvement to the existing computer.

First generation: 1937-1946 In 1937 the first electronic digital computer was built by
Dr. John V. and Anatasoff Clifford Berry. It was called the Anatasoff Berry Computer
(ABC). In 1943 an electronic computer name the Colossus was built for the military.
Other developments continued until in 1946 the first general purpose digital computer,
the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was built. It is said that this
computer weighed 30 tons, and had 18,000 vacuum tubes which was used for processing.
When this computer was turned on for the first time lights dim in sections of
Philadelphia. Computers of this generation could only perform single task, and they had
no operating system.

Second generation: 1947-1962 This generation of computers used transistors instead of


vacuum tubes which were more reliable. In 1951 the first computer for commercial use
was Introduced to the public; the Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC 1). In 1953
the International Business Machine (IBM) 650 and 700 series computers made their mark
in the computer world. During this generation of computers over 100 computer
programming languages were developed, computers had memory and operating systems.
Storage media such as tape and disk were in use also were printers for output.

Third generation: 1963 present The invention of integrated circuit brought us the third
generation of computers. With this invention computers became smaller, more powerful
more reliable and they are able to run many different programs at the same time. In1980
Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-Dos) was born and in 1981 IBM introduced the
personal computer (PC) for home and office use. Three years later Apple gave us the
Macintosh computer with its icon driven interface and the 90s gave us Windows
operating system.

As a result of the various improvements to the development of the computer we have


seen the computer being used in all areas of life. It is a very useful tool that will continue
to experience new development as time passes.

Ivyrose Costiniano BSCS 1E

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