COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Second generation computers are used
A
Vacuum tube
B
Transistors
C
Microprocessors
D
Integrated Circuit
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. The first generation of electronic computers used vacuum tubes, which generated large amounts of heat, were bulky and unreliable.

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

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Second. Second Generation(1955-1964): The computer made in the second generation was completely based upon transistors. Transistors replaced vacuum tubes in computers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bipolar transistor was invented in 1947. From 1955 onwards transistors replaced vacuum tubes in computer designs, giving rise to the “second generation” of computers.

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