Science [4 Mark Questions]

• The main difference between the generations is the speed and efficiency of the computer.
• On the basis of performance and speed, the generations of the computer were categorised.

Generations of Computer:

• Data is the set of values of qualitative and quantitative variables.
• The data that is fed to the computer can be text, numbers or statistics.
• These data stored in computer memory cannot be used directly.
• It has to be processed.

• Data collection
• Data storage
• Data sorting
• Data processing
• Data analysis
• Data presentation and conclusions

• Around 2000 years ago, the people of China used Abacus. This was considered as the most basic model of a computer.
• Nineteenth-century was considered as the birth of the computer when Charles Babbage designed the basic construction of a computer.
• ENIAC, which was used by the American Military in 1946 to predict the trajectory of artillery shells was recognized as the world’s first general-purpose computer.
• Lady Augusta Ada Lovelace was honored as the first programmer as she gave the first programming to do arithmetic operations.

• Around 2000 years ago, the people of China used Abacus.
• This was considered as the most basic model of a computer.
• Nineteenth century was considered as the birth of the computer when Charles Babbage designed the basic construction of a computer.
• ENLAC, which was used by the American Military in 1946 to predict the trajectory of artillery shells, recognized as the world’s first general-purpose computer.
• ENIAC had approximately 18,000 vacuum tubes.
• The size occupied by the ENIAC could be equivalent to a classroom.
• Lady Augusta Ada Lovelace was honored as the first programmer as she gave the first programming to do arithmetic operations.