Computer Second Generation

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4) Computer First Genaration

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The computer second generation wa held time 1960-1965.



The second generation computers saw the replacement of the vacuum tubes by transistors. A transistor can be thought of as a switch, but with on moving parts. Because of high speed operation in microseconds and were capable of storing tens of thousands of characters. Manufacturers began producing business oriented computers with more efficient storage and faster input and output capabilities. Second generation computers were reliable, compact in size and virtually free of heat problems.



Programming was done in both machine and symbolic languages. Symbolic languages utilize symbolic names for computer commands and allow the use of symbolic names for items of data. This language is also known as assembly language. Examples of second generation computers are : IBM 1400, CDC 1604, RCA 501, NCR 300, GE 200, IBM 1600 etc.