Monday, 16 May 2011

SECOND GENERATION [ 1959 - 1965 ]

Key Software

Technologies

Some representative

System

Key Hardware

Technologies

Key

Characteristic

· Time sharing operating system

· Unbundled of software from hardware

· Standardization of high-level programming languages

· IBM360/370

· PDP - 8

· PDP - 11

· CDC 6600

· NCR 395

· ICL 1900/2900

· Larger magnetic cores memory

· Larger capacity disks and magnetic tapes secondary storage

· ICs with SSI and MSI technologies

· Minicomputers, upward compatible family of computers

· Commercially, easier to use, and easier to upgrade than previous generation systems

· Scientific, commercial and interactive online applications

· Faster,smaller, easier, more reliable and cheaper to produce

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