Q. Second generation computers can be characterised largely by their use of:
Answer: Transistors
Notes: 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.

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