A computer that used integrated circuits, disk storage and online terminals. The third generation started roughly in 1964 with the IBM System/360. See computer generations and System/360. THIS ...

A computer made up almost entirely of chips with limited amounts of discrete components. We are currently nearing the end of the fourth generation. See computer generations. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

Time is running out for the clocks that make our computers tick. Scientists have developed a new generation of hardware and software based on the simpler designs of the 1950s. Asynchronous, or ...