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Write the features of I generation and II generation of computers. 

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1.  generation computers:

PeriodComponent usedAccess TimeCost
1949 - 1959Vacuum Tubein Milli secondsVery expensive

1.  The first computers used vacuum tubes for electronic circuitry and magnetic drums for memory. They were very expensive to operate and the power consumption was high, generated a lot of heat, which was often the cause of malfunctions.

2.  First generation computers were communicated through machine language to perform operations, and they could only solve one problem at a time.

3.  Input was based on punched cards and paper tape, and output was displayed on printouts.

2.  Second-generation computers:

PeriodComponent usedAccess TimeCost
1959 - 1965Transistorin Milli secondsLess than I gen. computers
 

1.  In the second generation computers, symbolic or assembly languages were used. High-level programming languages were also in use at this time, such as early versions of COBOL and FORTRAN. Their memory consisted of magnetic core technology.

2.  Second-generation computers still relied on punched cards for input and printouts for output.


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