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4.3 COMPUTER LANGUAGES
Aryan: OK, what are the languages you talked about during generations?

Gowri: These are computer languages. The language which can be understood by the
computers. These languages are classified as follows:

Computer
Language

Low Level High Level
Language Language

Machine Assembly Procedural Non-Procedural Natural
Language Language Language Language Language
(1st Generation) (2nd Generation) (3rd Generation) (4th Generation) (5th Generation)

Fig. 4.8

Aryan: Thank you for all the information about the history and languages of computer.
Gowri: You are welcome.

Let us revise what we have learnt:

MARK-1 was the first successful electronic digital computer.
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Charles Babbage is known as the father of the computer.
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Abacus Invented about 5000 years ago in China.
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Napier’s Bones Invented in 1617 by John Napier. Helped in addition, subtraction,
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multiplication, and division.
Step Reckoner Invented in 1692 by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
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Tabulating Machine Invented by Herman Hollerith in 1890.
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ENIAC was the first successful electronic digital computer.
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Exercise

Something to know

A. Answer the following questions:
1. Which is the first calculating device?

2. Vacuum tube is replaced by Transistors in which generation?
3. What is the full form of ENIAC?

4. Which generation of computers is based on AI?
5. Who is the father of the computer?

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