Answer:
Computer:A computer is generally defined as a programmable machine.
Characteristic
of 3rd and 4th Generation computer:
Generation
|
Third
Generation
|
Fourth
Generation
|
Generation
Period
|
1964-1975
|
1975-1990
|
Hardware
features
|
MSI
technologies,
Minicomputer,
Uses of monitor.
|
IC
with VLSI
Microprocessor
|
Software
Features
|
Time
sharing operating system.
High-level
programming language.
|
WINDIOWS
UNIX
operating system
|
Others
Features
|
Faster,
smaller, more reliable.
Easier
to upgrade.
|
Smaller,
reliable and easy to use.
Easier
to produce commercially.
|
Examples
|
IBM
360/370, PDP-8, PDP-11
|
IBM
PC and its clones, Apple II,
CRAY-1.CRAY-2
|