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The offical creation of electricity
Thomas Alva Edison was named as the "official" creator of the electricity, by switching on the first light bulb. -
The creation of vacuum tubes
Vacuum tubes were created by John Ambrose Fleming to create the ENIAC -
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The 1st gen.
The first generation computers used vaccum tubes, and they where huge and heavy -
The creation of ENIAC
ENIAC, or the Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was the first programmable digital computer -
The creation of transistors
Transistors were created by John Bardeen and Walter Brattain to make a smaller semiconductors -
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The 2nd gen.
The second generation used transistors. Thanks to transistors, computers were faster and cheaper. -
The creation of TRADIC
The TRADIC, or the TRansistorized Airborne DIgital Computer was one of the first computer that used the transistor -
The creation of IC
Jack Kilby, Robert Noyce, Frank Wanlass and Edward Keonjian created The IC, or the integrated circuit. The IC was a chip a little bit smaller than the transistor -
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The 3rd gen.
The third generation used IC, and thanks to it, the computer used less electricity and had fewer mistakes -
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The 4th gen.
The fourth generation computers use microprocessers to work. The computers are smaller, they produce less heat, and they can be portable -
The first laptop
The first laptop was the Osborn I, made by Adam Osborne -
The first touchscreen computer
The first touchscreen computer was created by HP, and its name was HP 150 -
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The 5th gen.
Scientists are developing some artificial intelligence in computers or using holograms. -
Prediction for computers
This is a 3D model sci-fi glassy computer that people think will evolve to it
