Third
Generation (1964-1971) Integrated Circuits
The development of the integrated
circuit was the hallmark of the third generation of computers.
Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips, called semiconductors, which
drastically increased the speed and efficiency of computers.
Instead of punched cards and
printouts, users interacted with third generation computers through keyboards and monitors and interfaced with an operating system,
which allowed the device to run many different applications at
one time with a central program that monitored the memory. Computers for the
first time became accessible to a mass audience because they were smaller and
cheaper than their predecessors.
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