Computer Generations

Which of these is an input device?

• microphone

• speakers

• printer

• monitor

Which of these is an output device?

• mouse

• keyboard

• monitor

• scanner

What technology did 1st generation computers use?

• micro chips

• transistors

• vacuum tubes

• integrated circuits

What technology did 2nd generation computers use?

• vacuum tubes

• micro chips

• integrated chips

• transistors

What technology did 3rd generation computers use?

• transistors

• bio chip/AI

• integrated circuits

• micro chips

What technology did 4th generation computers use?

• integrated circuits

• micro chips

• bio chips/AI

• transistors

What technology does the 5th generation of computers use?

• transistors

• bio chip/AI

• micro chip

• integrated circuit

What is an analog computer?

• processes continuous data and represents variables by physical quantities

• uses 0's and 1's and can perform tasks such as counting, comparing and manipulating of data

What do we call a computer that can process analog and digital data?

(a)  

Which of these is the biggest size of computer

• mainframe

• super computer

• mini

• micro