Question

write characteristics of first generation and second generation computer system​

Answer 1

Answer:

The main characteristics of first generation of computers  

Main electronic component – vacuum tube.

Main memory – magnetic drums and magnetic tapes.

Programming language – machine language.

Power – consume a lot of electricity and generate a lot of heat.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Characteristics of first generation computer

• Vacuum tube technology.
• Unreliable.
• Supported machine language only.
• Very costly.
• Generated a lot of heat.
• Slow input and output devices.
• Huge size & Need of AC.

characteristics of 2nd generation computer

• Transistors – small, low-power, low-cost, more reliable than vacuum tubes.
• Magnetic core memory.
• Two's complement, floating point arithmetic.
• Reduced the computational time from milliseconds to microseconds.
• High level languages.