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 the efficiency of computers .
Instead of punched cards and printouts , users interacted whit third generation computers through keyboards and monitors and interfaced with an operation 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 .
