Development of Computerized Billing System for an Hotel
1. HOW DO THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF COMPUTER DIFFER? 2. Analog versus Digital Computers 3. Special purpose versus General Purpose Computers
2. IDENTIFY THE FEATURES OF THE FIRST FIVE GENERATION OF COMPUTERS.
The main features of First Generation are: * Vacuum tube technology * Unreliable * Supported Machine language only * Very costly * Generate lot of heat * Slow Input/output device * Huge size * Need of A.C. * Non portable * Consumed lot of electricity
The main features of Second Generation are: * Use of transistors * Reliable as compared to First generation computers * Smaller size as compared to First generation computers * Generate less heat as compared to First generation computers * Consumed less electricity as compared to First generation computers * Faster than first generation computers * Still very costly * A.C. needed * Support machine and assmebly languages
The main features of Third Generation are: * IC used * More reliable * Smaller size * Generate less heat * Faster * Lesser maintenance * Still costly * A.C needed * Consumed lesser electricity * Support high level language
The main features of Fourth Generation are: * VLSI technology used * Very cheap * Portable and reliable * Use of PC's * Very small size * Pipeline processing * No A.C. needed * Concept of internet was introduced * Great developments in the fields of networks * Computers became easily available
The main features of Fifth Generation are: * ULSI technology * Development of true artificial intelligence * Development of Natural language processing * Advancement in Parallel Processing * Advancement in Superconductor technology * More user friendly interfaces with multimedia features * Availability of very powerful and compact computers at cheaper rates
Mainframe computers (colloquially
2. IDENTIFY THE FEATURES OF THE FIRST FIVE GENERATION OF COMPUTERS.
The main features of First Generation are: * Vacuum tube technology * Unreliable * Supported Machine language only * Very costly * Generate lot of heat * Slow Input/output device * Huge size * Need of A.C. * Non portable * Consumed lot of electricity
The main features of Second Generation are: * Use of transistors * Reliable as compared to First generation computers * Smaller size as compared to First generation computers * Generate less heat as compared to First generation computers * Consumed less electricity as compared to First generation computers * Faster than first generation computers * Still very costly * A.C. needed * Support machine and assmebly languages
The main features of Third Generation are: * IC used * More reliable * Smaller size * Generate less heat * Faster * Lesser maintenance * Still costly * A.C needed * Consumed lesser electricity * Support high level language
The main features of Fourth Generation are: * VLSI technology used * Very cheap * Portable and reliable * Use of PC's * Very small size * Pipeline processing * No A.C. needed * Concept of internet was introduced * Great developments in the fields of networks * Computers became easily available
The main features of Fifth Generation are: * ULSI technology * Development of true artificial intelligence * Development of Natural language processing * Advancement in Parallel Processing * Advancement in Superconductor technology * More user friendly interfaces with multimedia features * Availability of very powerful and compact computers at cheaper rates
Mainframe computers (colloquially