Question

1. which best describes a second - generation computer? the cpu was used for the first time, computers could be owned by the general public, and a gui was used used operating systems, keyboards, and monitors for the first time, and integrated circuits were used to supply electricity rather limited in functionality, could store programs, and used vacuum tubes to supply electricity high - level programming languages, magnetic tape and disks for storage, and used small transistors to supply electricity

Explanation:

Second - generation computers (1959 - 1965) used transistors instead of vacuum tubes. They introduced high - level programming languages like COBOL and FORTRAN, and used magnetic tape and disks for storage.

Answer:

high - level programming languages, magnetic tape and disks for storage, and used small transistors to supply electricity