/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/history-of-computerThe abacus was the first device used for counting and computing.There are 3 generations of computer in the history leading to modern-day computers and these are:1st generation computers - Computers using vacuum tubes2nd generation computers - Computeen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/history-of-computerMon, 07 Sep 2020 22:40:43 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1865b4cb-6dfa-4a3c-b0e5-be8470407fd6genebren1<p>You seemed to have skipped over a couple of generations of computers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer</a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer</a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/relay_computer" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/relay_computer">https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/relay_computer</a> </p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=9841&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">