Computer Generations Computer generation is a gap between two major advancements in computer technology. It is a classification of computers into different groups according to their manufacturing date and the memory device and other hardware used in the computer device. There are five generations of computers i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th generations. First Generation of Computers (1940-1956) First-generation computers are known for their vacuum tube technology and magnetic tapes for storage. Some features of this computer generation are: They were completely based on Vacuum Tube Technology They consumed great amount of electricity and generated a lot of heat They had very slow operating systems Operation speed was limited in milliseconds Input and Output devices were only limited in Punch Cards Binary or Machine language was used for programming such computers They were extremely bulky and non-portable Batch processing was introduced in this generation of com...
Limits A function f(x) is said to have a limit at l at point a when f(x) approaches to l whenever x approaches to a. (lim)┬(x→a) f(x)=l Important Theorem on Limit For all rational values of n, (lim)┬(x→a) 〖 (x^n-a^n)/(x-a) 〗 =na^(n-1) Case 1: When n is a positive integer: By actual division, (x^n-a^n)/(x-a)= x^(n-1)+x^(n-2).a+x^(n-3).a^2+…+a^(n-1) Now, (lim)┬(x→a) 〖 (x^n-a^n)/(x-1) 〗 = (lim)┬(x→a) [x^(n-1)+x^(n-2).a+x^(n-3).a^2+…+a^(n-1) ] = a^(n-1)+a^(n-1)+a^(n-1)+…+a^(n-1) = na^(n-1)