The third generation computers

Although the transistor in many cases have exceeded the ability of a vacuum tube, but the transistor is too large to produce heat, which could potentially damage the parts inside the computer. The stone was discovered later quartz or quartz rock that can eliminate this problem. An engineer at Texas Instruments, named Jack Kilby developed the integrated circuit (IC: integrated circuit) in 1958. IC can be combined three electronic components in a small silicon disc that was made from quartz. then the scientists managed to fit more components into a single chip, called a semiconductor. so as to produce a computer that is getting smaller because the components therein can be squeezed onto the chip. The third-generation development to
another is the use of the operating system or in the English language operating system, a system that allows the machine to run many different programs simultaneously with a major program to monitor and oversee or coordinate the memory of the computer machine.

The third generation of computers have the following characteristics:

• The components used were IC (Integrated Circuits).

• Improvement of the software.

• rely more rapid processing.

• The memory capacity is greater.

• The use of electricity more efficient.

• The physically smaller.

• The price is getting cheaper.
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