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History of computers

By NahuelChurruca
  • invention of electricity

    invention of electricity

    Benjamin Franklin created the electricity.
  • invention of vacuum tubes

    invention of vacuum tubes

    British engineer John Ambrose Fleming invents and patents the thermionic valve, the first vacuum tube.
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    1st generation

    vacune tubes.
    huges.
  • invention of transistors

    invention of transistors

    John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley invented the first working transistors.
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    2nd generation

    Made by transistors.
    Much smaller.
    Faster.
    Cheaper.
  • invention of integrated circuits

    invention of integrated circuits

    Jack Kilby, an engineer invented the integrated circuit.
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    3rd generation

    Made by integrate circuits.
    Smaller.
    Faster.
    Cheaper.
    Less electricity.
    Fewer mistakes.
  • invention of microprocessors

    invention of microprocessors

    Created by Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, Stanley Mazor and Masatoshi Shima. Microprocessors are small silicon chips with thousands of circuits.
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    4th generation

    Microprocessors.
    Smaller.
    Portable.
    Cheaper.
    Less electricity.
    Less heat.
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    5th generation

    Scientists are developing they can "think" on their own.
    Artificial Inteligence.