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Transistors are associated with which computer system?

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First generation
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Fifth generation
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Second generation
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None of these
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The correct option is C Second generation

Transistors are associated with Second generation computer system.

A transistor computer, now often called a second generation computer, is a computer which uses discrete transistors instead of vacuum tubes. ... A second generation of computers, through the late 1950s and 1960s featured circuit boards filled with individual transistors and magnetic core memory.

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 were unreliable. A second generation of computers, through the late 1950s and 1960s featured circuit boards filled with individual transistors and magnetic core memory. These machines remained the mainstream design into the late 1960s, when integrated circuits started appearing and led to the third-generation machines.

second-generation computer - Computer Definition. A computer made of discrete transistors and other electronic components. In the early 1960s, the IBM 1401 and Honeywell 400 were examples. See computer generations, IBM 1401 and Honeywell.


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