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637606612070231729final Grade V Ict CH 1 (PPT 2) Characteristicsandevolutionofcomputers (Topic Evolutionofcomputers) June

The document discusses the evolution of first-generation computers from 1940 to 1958, highlighting their characteristics such as the use of vacuum tubes, large size, and high costs. It provides examples including Mark I, ENIAC, EDSAC, EDVAC, and UNIVAC, detailing their specifications and significance. Additionally, it outlines the limitations of these computers, including slow operating speeds and high power consumption.

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637606612070231729final Grade V Ict CH 1 (PPT 2) Characteristicsandevolutionofcomputers (Topic Evolutionofcomputers) June

The document discusses the evolution of first-generation computers from 1940 to 1958, highlighting their characteristics such as the use of vacuum tubes, large size, and high costs. It provides examples including Mark I, ENIAC, EDSAC, EDVAC, and UNIVAC, detailing their specifications and significance. Additionally, it outlines the limitations of these computers, including slow operating speeds and high power consumption.

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GRADE –V

CH:1 CHARACTERISITC AND EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS

TOPIC –EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS


First-generation computers[1940-
1958]
The following were the characteristics of
the first-generation computers:
• They use vacuum tubes.
• They were large in size, had small
internal storage, and were very
expensive.
• Input was based on punched cards and
paper tape.
Examples of first-generation

Examples of first-generation are:


 Mark I
 ENIAC[Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer]
 EDSAC[Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator]
 EDVAC[Electronic discrete variable automatic computer]
 UNIVAC[Universal automatic computer]
MARK
I
• MARK I was designed by Howard H .
Aiken in the year 1944.
• It was about 15 metres long and the
wires connecting the various parts of
the machine were about 800
kilometres long.
• The machine was slow and took 3 to 5
seconds per calculation , but it was
the first fully automatic calculator.

MARK I
ENIAC[Electronic Numerical Integrator an
Computer]
• The ENIAC was developed by John Presper
Eckert and John W . Mauchly in the year
1946.It was fully electronic digital
computer.
• It consisted 18000 vacuum tubes ,
occupied 63 square metres, and weighed
more than 27,000 kilograms.
• Mark I took about 5 seconds for adding
two large numbers.

ENIAC
EDSAC[ELECTRONIC DELAY STORAGE
AUTOMATIC CALCULATOR]

• The EDSAC was designed by


professor M . Wilkes of Cambridge
University.
• It weighed approx. 6000 kilograms
and occupied an area of 20 square
metres .
• It was the first electronic computer
that used stored programs.

EDSAC
EDVAC[Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer]

• The EDVAC was proposed by John .P . Eckert


and John W . Mauchly in 1944.
• The EDVAC weighed approx. 8000 kilograms
and covered an area of 45.5 square metres.
• It had the capacity to hold stored programs
as well as data.
EDVAC

This made EDSAC the First computer that used the concept of stored
programs.
UNIVAC[UNIVERSAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER]

• UNIVAC I developed in the year 1951 ,again by J . Presper Eckert and


John Mauchly .

• It weighed approx.13,000 kilograms and occupied an area 35.5


square metres.

• It was the first commercially available electronic computer and also


the first computer to handle both numeric and text data.
Limitations of first generation
computers.

The major limitations of the first generation computers


• Their operating speed was quite slow .
• Power consumption was very high.
• Required large space for installation.
• Could solve only one problem at a time .
• Were hugely expensive to build.
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