COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

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DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was used in the second generation of computers.
A
Vacuum tubes
B
Transistors
C
Integrated Circuits
D
None
Explanation: 

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

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