A typical modern computer uses
Answer: B
Correct answer: LSI chips
Modern computers are built from large-scale integrated circuits. Magnetic cores and vacuum tubes belong to the first and second generations, and magnetic tape is used for backup rather than for primary memory.
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The first generation of computers was based on which technology?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Vacuum tubes
First generation machines - ENIAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC I - switched with vacuum tubes, which is why they were enormous, drew great quantities of power and failed often. Transistors came with the second generation, integrated circuits with the third and microprocessors with the fourth.
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