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Why Did Early Computers Use Vacuum Tubes?
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- Vacuum tubes acted as switches and amplifiers before transistors existed.
- They controlled electron flow in a vacuum to represent binary states.
- Tubes were fragile, generated massive heat, and consumed a lot of power.
- The ENIAC computer used 17,468 vacuum tubes and weighed over 27 tons.
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