Generations of Computers Advantages: (1)Very powerful in terms of their processing speed and access time; (2)Storage capacity was very large and faster; (3)Highly reliable and required very less maintenance; (4)User-friendly environment; (5)Programs written on these computers were highly portable; (6)Versatile and suitable for every type of applications; (7)Require very less power to operate
Generations of Computers Advantages: (1) Very powerful in terms of their processing speed and access time; (2) Storage capacity was very large and faster; (3) Highly reliable and required very less maintenance; (4) User-friendly environment; (5) Programs written on these computers were highly portable; (6) Versatile and suitable for every type of applications; (7) Require very less power to operate
Generations of Computers Disadvantages: (1)The soldering of LSI and VLSI chips on the wiring board was not an easy task and required complicated technologies to bind these chips on the wiring board; (2)The working of these computers is still dependent on the instructions given by the programmer
Generations of Computers Disadvantages: (1) The soldering of LSI and VLSI chips on the wiring board was not an easy task and required complicated technologies to bind these chips on the wiring board; (2) The working of these computers is still dependent on the instructions given by the programmer
Generations of Computers Fifth Generation Computers The different types of modern digital computers come under this category. ● Use Ultra Large Scale Integration technology that allows almost ten million electronic components to be fabricated on one small chip
Generations of Computers ◼ Fifth Generation Computers • The different types of modern digital computers come under this category. • Use Ultra Large Scale Integration technology that allows almost ten million electronic components to be fabricated on one small chip
Generations of Computers Advantages: (1)Fastest and powerful computers till date; (2)Being able to execute a large number of applications at the same time and that too at a very high speed; (3)Decreasing the size of these computers to a large extent; (4)The users of these computers find it very comfortable to use them because of the several additional multimedia features; (5)They are versatile for communications and resource sharing
Generations of Computers Advantages: (1) Fastest and powerful computers till date; (2) Being able to execute a large number of applications at the same time and that too at a very high speed; (3) Decreasing the size of these computers to a large extent; (4)The users of these computers find it very comfortable to use them because of the several additional multimedia features; (5) They are versatile for communications and resource sharing
Classification of Computers We can classify the computers according to the following three criteria: (1)Based on operating principles (2)Based on applications (3)Based on size and capability
Classification of Computers ◼ We can classify the computers according to the following three criteria: (1) Based on operating principles (2) Based on applications (3) Based on size and capability