COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -2nd generation computers had transistors instead of vacuum tubes.

Detailed explanation-2: -These second-generation machines were used for a wide variety of business and scientific jobs and used high-level programming and assembly languages such as FORTRAN (Formula Translator) and COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language). For data storage, these computers often used tape and magnetic disks.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first generation of computers used vacuum tubes; the second generation of computers used transistors; the third generation of computers used integrated circuits; and the fourth generation of computers used microprocessors.