THIRD GENERATION

The development of the microcircuit was the hallmark of the third generation of computers. Transistors were miniaturized and placed on chemical element chips, known as semiconductors, that drastically inflated the speed and potency of computers.
Instead of punched cards and printouts, users interacted with third generation computers through keyboards associated monitors and interfaced with an software, that allowed the device to run many alternative applications at just once with a central program that monitored the memory. Computers for the primary time became accessible to a mass audience as a result of they were smaller and cheaper than their predecessors.