COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -UNIVAC 1108, CDC 3600, IBM 7070, and IBM 7094 are great examples of second-generation computers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Second generation (1956-1963) The second generation of computers saw the use of transistors instead of vacuum tubes. Transistors were widely used in computers from 1956 to 1963. Transistors were smaller than vacuum tubes and allowed computers to be smaller in size, faster in speed, and cheaper to build.