FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike the first generation computers, the computers in the second generation used assembly language instead of binary machine language. This allowed developers to input instructions in words.

Detailed explanation-2: -The period of second generation was from 1959-1965. In this generation, transistors were used that were cheaper, consumed less power, more compact in size, more reliable and faster than the first generation machines made of vacuum tubes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Assembly or assembler language was the second generation of computer language. By the late 1950s, this language had become popular. Assembly language consists of letters of the alphabet. This makes programming much easier than trying to program a series of zeros and ones.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main characteristics of second generation of computers (1950s-1960s) Power and size – low power consumption, generated less heat, and smaller in size (in comparison with the first generation computers). Speed – improvement of speed and reliability (in comparison with the first generation computers).

Detailed explanation-5: -second generation in British English noun. 1. a. the offspring of parents born in a given country.