COMPUTER GENERATIONS & LANGUAGESBy Rajat SharmaM.B.A (1st year)HITM

First Generation(1940-1956)Used Vacuum TubesOne operation at a timeMachine LanguageUnivac, IBM 650

Second Generation(1956-1963)Used TransistorsCapable Of Multiple TasksAssembly Language & Some High Level languages like Fortran, Cobol

Third Generation(1964-1971)Used Integrated CircuitsCapable of Handling Several Jobs ConcurrentlyHigh Level Languages like BASIC

Fourth Generation(1971- Till Last Few Years)Used Microprocessors Of Virtually Microscopic SizeMicro Computers EvolvedStructured High Level Languages like PASCAl, C, C++

Fifth Generation(Present and Beyond)Artificial IntelligenceQuantum Computation

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