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The First Generation Of Computers
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....mputers that used vacuum
tubes, drum memories, and programming in machine code. Computers at that time
where mammoth machines that did not have the power our present day desktop
microcomputers.
In 1950, the first real-time, interactive computer was completed by a
design team at MIT. The "Whirlwind Computer," as it w.... Part 2 of Paper
....l race with stunning accuracy. That same year Maurice V.
Wilkes (developer of EDSAC) laid the foundation for the concepts of
microprogramming, which was to become the guide for computer design and
construction.
In 1954, the first general-purpose computer to be completely
transistorized was built at Bell Laboratories. TRADIC (Transistorized Airborne
Digital Computer) held 800 transistors and bettered its predecessors by
functioning well aboard airplanes.
In 1956, the first system for storin.... |
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