Contents
1.2.1 The Main Components of a Computer
1.2.3 Classification of Computing Devices
1.3 An Example System: Wading Through the Jargon
1.5.1 Generation Zero: Mechanical Calculating Machines (1642–1945)
1.5.2 The First Generation: Vacuum Tube Computers (1945–1953)
1.5.3 The Second Generation: Transistorized Computers (1954–1965)
1.5.4 The Third Generation: Integrated Circuit Computers (1965–1980)
1.5.5 The Fourth Generation: VLSI Computers (1980–????)
1.6 The Computer Level Hierarchy
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