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List of history of generation computer?​

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  • First-generation — 1940–1956
  • used vacuum tubes
  • ENIAC, UNIVAC I, IBM 650, IBM 701, etc.
  • Second generation — 1956-1963
  • used discrete transistors
  • IBM 7090 and 7094, UNIVAC 1107, PDP-1 and 8, etc.
  • Third generation — 1964-1971
  • used integrated circuits (but not microprocessors)
  • IBM System/360, UNIVAC 1108, PDP-8/I, PDP-11/20 and PDP-11/45, etc.
  • Fourth-generation — 1971-present
  • use microprocessors
  • PDP-11/03 and PDP-11/34, Apple ][, IBM PC, Apple Macintosh, IBM z Series, etc.
  • Fifth-generation — (current research)
  • artificial intelligence and quantum computing
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