- The first mechanical devices that somewhat can be called a limited function computers appeared in the 17th century.
- The main aim of every computer is to entertain us.
- The second generation of computers is the era of vacuum tubes.
- The computers of the first generation were not big, cheap, quick and had unlimited application capabilities.
- The first symbolic (assembly) programming languages appeared in the second generation.
- The appearance of integrated circuits allowed placing miniaturized transistors on aluminium chips.
- Microprocessor is a device that has dozens of transistors built in one chip.
- The development of computer networks led to invention of the Internet.
- Artificial Intelligence is the branch of computer science concerned with making computers behave like robots.
- The fourth generation was started by a keyboard that was developed in 1971.
9. Find in the text synonyms of the following words:
To evolve, an advance, to emerge, to do, to investigate, an aim, to create, quickly, large, devising, to permit, dependable, to raise, numerous, available, circumstances, an instrument, devoted, to execute, to become larger, to prompt, a program, an area.
10. Read and translate the article. Learn the words in bold type by heart: