Computer History Timeline Computer Generations MHS-TH-28

*Table of Contents* Slide 5: Picture of first generation computer Slide 6: What are first generation computers Slide 7: Picture of Cathode Ray Tube Slide 8: What is a Cathode Ray Tube Slide 9: Picture of Selective Sequence Calculator Slide10: What is a selective sequence calculator Slide11: picture of second generation technology Slide12: What is second generation technology Slide13: Picture of AT&T’s data phone Slide14: What is AT&T’s data phone Slide15: Picture of First industrial Robot

*Table of Contents* Slide 16: What is the First industrial Robot Slide 17: Picture of Third Generation Technology Slide18: What are Third Generation Computer Slide19: Picture of HP-2115 Slide 20: What is the HP-2115 Slide 21: Picture of The Stanford Arm Slide 22: What is the Stanford Arm Slide 23: Picture of fourth generation computers Slide 24: What are fourth generation computers

*Table of Contents* Slide25: The first e-mail Slide26: How the first e-mail happened Slide27: Picture of Pixar Slide28: What is Pixar Slide29: Picture Of fifth generation technology Slide30: What is fifth generation technology Slide31: Picture of Voice Recognition Slide32: What is voice recognition Slide33: Picture of Future Changes Slide34: What are the plans of the future

1st generation 1946-1958 Table of Contents http://members.iinet.net.au/~dgreen/.com Table of Contents

1st Generation-Vacuum tubes Used circuitry and magnetic drums for memory. Were enormous and very expensive. Relied on machine language. Used the lowest-level programming language. Solved one problem at a time. Generated a lot of heat causing malfunctions. Table of Contents

Cathode Ray Tube 1946-1958 Table of contents

1947 Introduced Williams tube, Cathode ray tube. Painted dots and dashes of phosphorescent. Used as memory for vacuum tube machines. Table of Contents

Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator 1946-1958 http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/50th/ABC.jpg Table of Contents

1948 IBM’S selective sequence electronic calculator Produced 50 multiplications per second. Table of Contents

2nd Generation 1959-1964 Table of Contents

2nd Generation- Transistors Transistors replaced vacuum tubes Ushered in the second generation of computers. Computers became cheaper and more energy-efficient. Computers still generated a great amount of heat. Table of Contents

AT&T’S Data Phone 1959-1964 Table of Contents http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/images/1960_data.jpg Table of Contents

1960 At&t designed its data phone. Converts digital computer data to analog signals. Transmitted signals across its long distance network Table of Contents

First industrial robot at General Motors 1959-1964 http://robotics-tamucc.com/images/GM.jpg Table of Contents

1961 First industrial robot works at general motors. Obeying step-by-step commands. Commands stored on a magnetic drum. It stacked hot pieces of die cast metal Table of Contents

3rd Generation 1965-1970 Table of Contents http://georgeboole.net/graphics/stuff/system%20360.jpg Table of Contents

3rd generation- integrated circuits Integrated circuits brought fourth the 3rd generation. Transistors were miniaturized and placed on chips. Increased the speed and efficiency of computers. Different applications could be ran simultaneously. Table of contents

HP-2115 1965-1970 Table of contents

1966 Hewlett Packard entered general purpose computer business. Entered with its HP-2115 for computation. Power formerly founded in only larger companies. Table of Contents

Stanford Arm 1965-1970 Table of Contents http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/robots/StanfordArm.jpg Table of Contents

1969 Invented by Victor Scheinman. First successful electrical, computer controlled robot arm. Assembled ford model water pump by 1974. Table of contents

4TH Generation 1971 to Present Table of Contents http://nzedge.com/speeches/images/17.jpg Table of Contents

4th generation-Microprocessors Microprocessors brought fourth the 4th generation computers. Integrated circuits were built on single chip. Computers now fit in your hand. Computers can now be linked together. Table of Contents

The first e-mail 1971-present Table of Contents Computer used to send http://img.zdnet.com/techDirectory/_1EMAIL.JPG Table of Contents

1971 First E-mail was sent by Ray Tomlinson. Sent while working on other projects. Ray also invented the use of “@”. Table of Contents

Pixar 1971-present Table of Contents http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/Pixar-Animation-Studios-A-w.jpg Table of Contents

1986 Pixar is founded Pixar was, ”special effects Computer group”. Steve jobs paid10 million for Lucas films. He later renamed Lucas films Pixar. Table of Contents

5th generation Present-beyond Table of Contents

5th generation-Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is still in development. Intelligence that responds to natural language. Capable of learning and self-organization. Table of Contents

Voice recognition Present-beyond Table of Contents http://www.technoride.com/images/img125371.jpg Table of Contents

2007-2008 Converts spoken words to machine readable inputs. Used a lot in health care. Wanted to be used in Military weapons. Table of Contents

Changes Present-beyond Table of Contents http://www.dailygalaxy.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/30/quantum_computing.jpg Table of Contents

Beyond 2015-converse with the average computer. Future systems will be able to solve problems. Computers will be easier to use Will be more flexible and easily customized. Will access intelligence's from anywhere. Back to Beginning of slide show Table of Contents

*Citations* http://www.webopedia.com/DidYou Know/Hardware_Software/2002/FiveGeneration.asp.2007-2008, www.computerhistory.org/timeline/,2006, Oct.23.08 Selective sequence calculator, http://potatoeskillme.com/comphistory1imgs/1946_eniac_large.jpg,2003,Oct.23.2008 Cathode Ray Tube-http://www.robertfarrow.net/index.php?substance=replicas,2001, Nov.4,2008 http://www.answers.com/topic/ai-technology_1981-2008,Oct. 30,08 The First Generation Computers. http://members.iinet.net.au/~dgreen/ Last update Saturday, 21 May 2006. October 31, 2008

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