The second generation of computers started in 1947.
In the second generation of the computers improved on more reliable materials. The computers in this generation used transistors instead of vacuum tubes. In 1951, the Universal Automatic Computer, also known as the (UNIVAC 1) was created for the public. The UNIVAC was designed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly (designers of the ENIAC). The UNIVAC worked with numbers and alphabetic characters good. The first commercial customer to purchase a UNIVAC was the Prudential Insurance Company. In 1952, the UNIVAC I successfully predicted the outcome of the 1952 presidential election. The UNIVAC was used for general purpose computing with large amounts of input and output. The UNIVAC I was also the first computer to come with a magnetic tape unit and was the first computer to use buffer memory.
The International Business Machine (IBM) made their mark in 1953. The year 1953 saw the development of IBM's 701 EDPM. The 701 was invented because of Korean War effort. The inventor name was Thomas Johnson Watson Junior. He called this "defense calculator" to aid in the United Nations' policing of Korea. His father was the founder of IBM. He had to convince his father that the compouter her wanted to invent was profitable and he agreed. Only nineteen 701s were manufactured. The first 701 went to IBM's world headquarters in New York. Three went to atomic research laboratories. Eight went to aircraft companies. In 1955, Three went to other research facilities two went to government agencies, including the first use of a computer by the United States Department of Defense. Two went to the navy and the last machine went to the United States Weather Bureau. In this generation, over 100 computer programming languages were developed. They also added many cool things such as tape, disk, computers also had memory and operating systems. IBM is the largest computer company in the world today.
The second generation ended in 1962
In the second generation of the computers improved on more reliable materials. The computers in this generation used transistors instead of vacuum tubes. In 1951, the Universal Automatic Computer, also known as the (UNIVAC 1) was created for the public. The UNIVAC was designed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly (designers of the ENIAC). The UNIVAC worked with numbers and alphabetic characters good. The first commercial customer to purchase a UNIVAC was the Prudential Insurance Company. In 1952, the UNIVAC I successfully predicted the outcome of the 1952 presidential election. The UNIVAC was used for general purpose computing with large amounts of input and output. The UNIVAC I was also the first computer to come with a magnetic tape unit and was the first computer to use buffer memory.
The International Business Machine (IBM) made their mark in 1953. The year 1953 saw the development of IBM's 701 EDPM. The 701 was invented because of Korean War effort. The inventor name was Thomas Johnson Watson Junior. He called this "defense calculator" to aid in the United Nations' policing of Korea. His father was the founder of IBM. He had to convince his father that the compouter her wanted to invent was profitable and he agreed. Only nineteen 701s were manufactured. The first 701 went to IBM's world headquarters in New York. Three went to atomic research laboratories. Eight went to aircraft companies. In 1955, Three went to other research facilities two went to government agencies, including the first use of a computer by the United States Department of Defense. Two went to the navy and the last machine went to the United States Weather Bureau. In this generation, over 100 computer programming languages were developed. They also added many cool things such as tape, disk, computers also had memory and operating systems. IBM is the largest computer company in the world today.
The second generation ended in 1962