alleryStart learning →Which part replaced vacuum tubes in second generation computers?
ATransistors
BWooden beads
CWater pipes
DBrass gears
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Transistors
From 1955 transistors took the place of vacuum tubes and made computers smaller.
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