Question

Which BEST describes a first generation computer

the CPU was used for the first time, computers could be owned by the general public, and a GUI was used
Used operating systems, keyboards, and monitors for the first time, and integrated circuits were used to supply electricity
rather limited in functionality, could store programs, and used vacuum tubes to supply electricity
high-level programming languages, magnetic tape and disks for storage, and used small transistors to supply electricity

Answer 1

The option that BEST describes a first generation computer is:

**"rather limited in functionality, could store programs, and used vacuum tubes to supply electricity."**

First generation computers (typically from the 1940s to the early 1950s) were characterized by the use of vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory. They were large, cumbersome, and limited in their capabilities compared to later generations of computers.