Which of the following technologies is used in second generation of computer?

AVacuum tubes

BTransistors ✓ Correct

CIntegrated Circuits

DVLSI

Correct answer: (B) Transistors

Explanation

The second generation of computers used transistors in place of bulky components.

Vacuum tubes belong to the first generation of computers.

Integrated circuits mark the third generation of computers.

VLSI, very large scale integration, characterises the fourth generation.

Transistors were smaller, faster and more reliable than vacuum tubes.

The fifth generation is associated with artificial intelligence and parallel processing.

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