COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ technology was used in Second Generation computers
A
Vacuum tubes
B
Integrated Circuits
C
Transistors
D
Resistor
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The transistor was at work in the computer by 1956. Along with early advances in magnetic-core memory, transistors led to second generation computers that were smaller, faster, more reliable and more energy-efficient than their predecessors.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first transistorised computer was built at the University of Manchester and was operational by 1953; a second version was completed there in April 1955. The later machine used 200 transistors and 1, 300 solid-state diodesand had a power consumption of 150 watts.

Detailed explanation-3: -2nd generation computers had transistors instead of vacuum tubes.

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