The IBM 1401 computer belongs to which generation of computers?

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31 May 2017
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The IBM 1401 is classified as a second generation computer, which utilized transistors rather than vacuum tubes used in the first generation. Third and fourth generation computers came later with integrated circuits and microprocessors respectively.

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