Multiple choice

The second generation computer use which of their CPU?

  1. Valves

  2. Vacuum tubes

  3. Transistors

  4. Transistors with integrated circuits
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Second generation computers (1959-1965) used transistors in their CPU instead of vacuum tubes used in first generation computers. Transistors were smaller, more reliable, more energy-efficient, and generated less heat than vacuum tubes, leading to more powerful and compact computers.

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