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Period: 1958 BCE to 1964 BCE
second generation
They used transistors to process information They used small magnetic rings to store information and instructions. Amount of heat and were extremely slow Computer programs were improved they created new programming languages such as COBOL and FORTRAN They emerged minicomputers and remote terminals Storage instruments: tapes and discs commercial applications, for the preparation of payroll, billing and accounting -
Period: 1951 BCE to
FIRST GENERATION
They used punched cards to enter data and programs. It began to use the binary system to represent the data They were extremely large, they used a lot of electricity use of punch cards to transmit data and programs they generated a lot of heat and they were extremely slow. programming machine language, consisted of long strings of bits, zeros and ones -
Period: to
third generation
The "chips" were developed to store and process the information The multiprogramming arises The "software" industry emerges. Compatibility to share software between computers teleprocessing: remote terminals are installed that can access the central computer to perform operations, extract or enter information in data banks, etc. serial computers 360 IBM application expansion in; industry, education, home, agriculture and administration. -
Period: to
Fourth generation
The microprocessor was developed. A simple "chip" currently contains the control unit and the arithmetic / logic unit. The third component, the primary memory, is operated by other "chips Microcomputers are developed, that is, personal computers or PC microprocessor: Developed by intel corporation at the request of a Japanese company in 1971 circuits are minimized, storage capacity increases Great expansion of the use of computers -
Period: to
fifth generation
higher speed and miniaturization of the elements programming languages: PROGOL (programming logic) and LISP (List Processing) voice-activated machines that can respond to words spoken in different languages. intelligent processing of knowledge and number of data processing Artificial Intelligence includes the following fundamental aspects:
The expert systems.
The natural language
The robotic.
The recognition of the voice