Each generation of computers has experienced a major technological development that has fundamentally changed the way computers work, thus resulting in devices that are increasingly smaller, cheaper, more powerful, and more efficient and reliable. The history of computer development always refers to different generations of computing devices. The first generation (1940-1956) is that of the Vacuum Tubes. First-generation computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and because of this they were large and often large, taking up entire rooms to build. They are so expensive to run because they are very large and require a lot of maintenance and also consume a large amount of electricity and, similar to current computer problems, generate a lot of heat, which is often the root cause of malfunctions. First-generation computers relied on machine language, the first and lowest level of programming language understood by the computer to perform tasks, and could only solve one problem at a time. The punch...