EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL 21-22: GENERATION OF COMPUTERS

Answer the following question

Question 1 How many generations of computer are there?

Answer The computer can be classified into five different generations based on the technology used the way their work and their size.

Question.2 Give full form of?

Answer E n i a c- electronic numerical integrator and calculator

U n i v a c- universal automatic computer.

IC integrated circuits

VLSI very large scale integrated circuits.

Question.3 Name the first electronic computer?

Answer Mark 1 was the first electronic computer

Question.4 Give the limitations of the following generations of computer?

Answer First generation limitations are:

a) Limited programming capability low operating speed

b) High power consumption

c) Not reliable

Second generation limitations are:

a) Generate a lot of heat

b) Slow speed

c) Less memory

Question.5 Write the difference between third generation and fourth generation?

Answer (A)Third generation

a) The period of the third generation was from 1965 to 1971

b) 3rd generation computer used integrated circuits IC'S

c) Large in size

d) They used high level languages like fortran COBOL Pascal etc.

e) IBM 370 and 7500 third generation computer

(B) 4th generation

a) The period of fourth generation was from 1971 to 1980

b) Fourth generation computer used VLSI also called microprocessor.

c) Comparatively smaller in size than third generation.

d) They used for DBMS and other user friendly high level languages.

e) IBM 4300 ICL 2900 for the computers of 4th generation

Question .6 Which language is used in the following generation of computers?

a) First generation computer -machine language

b) Second generation -computer assembly language

c) Third generation -computer f o r t r a n, c o b o l, p a s c a l etc.

d) Fourth generation computer are -DBMS and high level languages.

Friday, September 3, 2021