Friday, December 16, 2016
:The second generation is characterized by the following characteristics
- Use of technology in the form of transistor and diode circuit to replace vacuum tubes.
- Already using high-level programming language operations such as FORTRAN and COBOL.
- he capacity of the main memory is developed from Magnetic Core Storage.
- Using the external storage in the form of Magnetic Tape and Magnetic Disk.
- Ability to process real time and real-sharing.
- Physical size has been smaller than the first generation.
- The operation is faster, ie millions of operations per second.
- The need for less electrical power.
- he orientation program is not only focused on business applications, but also application engineering.
UNIVAC III
Compared premises tube, transistor technology is much more efficient as a switch and can be scaled down to a microscopic scale. In 2001, Intel researchers have introduced silicon smallest and fastest in the world, with a size of 20 nanometers ata comparable to a billionth of a meter, which will be used on a processor with a speed of 20 GHz (Giga Hertz). This era also marks the beginning of the minicomputer which is the second largest in the family computer. The price is cheaper than the first generation. DEC PDP-8 minicomputer was first created in 1964 for commercial data processing.
Other types of computers that appear on this generation diantaranta UNIVAC III, UNIVAC SS80, SS90, and in 1107, IBM 7070, 7080, 1400, and 1600.
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