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General Knowledge

History and Generations of Computers.

This topic from Basic Computer Knowledge introduces Class 12 General Knowledge students to the historical development of computers and the major stages known as computer generations. Students learn how early machines using vacuum tubes evolved through transistors, integrated circuits, microprocessors, and modern intelligent technologies. It explains the changing size, speed, storage, reliability, programming methods, and applications of computers, helping learners connect key technological advances with the way computers are used in education, business, science, communication, and everyday life.

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01Why is the Jacquard Loom considered important in computer history?

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02What was the main difference between Difference Engine and Analytical Engine?

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03What is the main reason Ada Lovelace is called the first computer programmer?

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04How did Herman Hollerith's machine speed up census work?

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05What improvement did the stored program concept bring over older hardwired methods?

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06Which idea is linked with storing program and data in the same memory in von Neumann architecture?

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07Why is ENIAC associated with the first generation of computers?

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08Why is Mark I called an electro mechanical computer?

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09Why is Colossus considered a special purpose computer rather than a general purpose computer?

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10UNIVAC I is remembered in computer history for what?

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11How should the Atanasoff Berry Computer be understood in history?

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12Which is the correct technological order of computer generations?

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13What was the main limitation of vacuum tube based computers?

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14What improvement did transistors bring in second generation computers?

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15Why did integrated circuit become the identity of the third generation?

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16Why is the microprocessor considered the key technology of the fourth generation?

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17Fifth generation is linked not only with hardware change but also with which direction?

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18Why was machine language used more in the first generation?

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19Why was assembly language considered slightly easier than machine language?

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20What is the historical importance of languages like FORTRAN and COBOL?

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21Grace Hopper's contribution in computer history is most linked with what?

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22Alan Turing's Turing Machine idea is related to which question?

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23What is the correct difference between ARPANET and the World Wide Web?

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24How should Tim Berners-Lee’s contribution be understood in Internet history?

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25What was the importance of Mosaic browser?

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