COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -A transistor computer, now often called a second-generation computer, is a computer which uses discrete transistors instead of vacuum tubes.

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: -The second-generation series of computers from IBM saw approximately six times higher computational speed than computers developed using vacuum tubes in the first generation. In particular, the IBM 7090 was built using over 50, 000 transistors, and extremely fast magnetic cores.

Detailed explanation-4: -SECOND GENERATION (1955-1964): In the second generation of computers the vacuum tubes were replaced by transistors, this made the computer smaller, reduced its heating, made it a more powerful and less expensive then the first generation computers.