1. Information Processing by Les Krahner Micro computers Mini computers Mainframes CPU Input Output Primary Memory Supercomputers

2. First, machines which could calculate Charles Babbage’s machine Gears and levers Jacquard’s Loom used punched card system

3. First Generation - Univac Magnetic Drum memory Punched cards Accessories Vacuum tubes

4. Second Generation -Transistors Magnetic Tape Memory High Level languages Magnetic Core Memory

5. Third Generation – the family concept Not that kind of chips Yummy! The chips? ? My teddy

6. Applications software Word processing Desktop publishing Spreadsheet Photoshop

7. Forth Generation Microprocessor Computer on a chip ( Bill Gates) Semi-conductors The rise of Apple Smart Cards This kind of chip

8. The Future Artificial Intelligence Smart Materials Robotics