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Generations   1940 – 1956: First Generation – Vacuum Tubes. These early computers used vacuum tubes as circuitry and magnetic drums for memory. ... 1956 – 1963: Second Generation – Transistors. ... 1964 – 1971: Third Generation – Integrated Circuits. ... 1972 – 2010: Fourth Generation – Microprocessors... Fifth Generation (Present and Beyond) Artificial Intelligence.   Six generation of computer-  The   sixth generation  of  computers . In a few words, “ Computer generation ” is a term related to the evolution and adaptation of technology and computing. This means that every major breakthrough, such as reducing the size of processors and memory chips, as well as increased capacity and speed, a  generation  gap occurs.

indian computer history

India bought its first computer in 1956 for a princely sum of Rs 10 lakh. It was called HEC-2M and was installed at Calcutta's Indian Statistical Institute. It was nothing more than a number crunching machine and was huge in size Who invented the first computer in India?          Bhatkar is best known as the architect of India's national initiative in supercomputing where he led the        development of Param supercomputers. He developed the first Indian supercomputer, the Param  8000,       in   1991 and then later the Param 10000 in 1998.   When did the Internet start in India?    The history of the Internet in India started with launch of services by VSNL on 15 August 1995.         They  were able to add about 10,000 Internet users within 6 months. When was the first personal comp...

Computer father

Charles Babbage - 1860. Charles Babbage Born 26 December 1791 London (likely, Southwark) Died 18 October 1871 (aged 79) Marylebone, London, United Kingdom. Fields Mathematics, engineering, political economy, computer science. Institutions Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom Alma mater Peterhouse, Cambridge, United Kingdom Known for Mathematics, engineering, early computing. Influences Robert Woodhouse, Gaspard Monge, John Herschel. Influenced Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, Ada Lovelace .   Notable award s : FRS