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feb 15, 1959 - Second generation of computers

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The world would see transistors replace vacuum tubes in the second generation of computers.The transistor was far superior to the vacuum tube, allowing computers to become smaller, faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient and more reliable than their first-generation predecessors.

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feb 15, 1959
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~ 66 years ago

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