The second generation is the

generation A generation refers to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It can also be described as, "the average period, generally considered to be about 20–⁠30 years, during which children are born and gr ...

following the one preceding it. Second generation, Generation II, or variants may also refer to: *

Second generation immigrant In sociology, people who permanently resettle to a new country are considered immigrants, regardless of the legal status of their citizenship or residency. The United States Census Bureau (USCB) uses the term "generational status" to refer to th ...

Nisei is a Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants (who are called ). The are considered the second generation, ...

, one of the second generation of people of Japanese descent in the Americas * Second generation of Chinese leaders, see

Generations of Chinese leadership Generations of Chinese leadership is a term historians use to characterize distinct periods of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and, by extension, successive changes in the ideology of the CCP. Historians have studied vario ...

* Second-generation human rights, see

Three generations of human rights The division of human rights into three generations was initially proposed in 1979 by the Czech jurist Karel Vasak at the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg. He used the term at least as early as November 1977. Vasak's theories ...

* People whose parents took part in a Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church

Arts and entertainment

* ''Second Generation'' (novel), 1964 novel, by Raymond Williams * ''Second Generation'', 1978 novel by

Howard Fast Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. Biography Early life Fast was born in New York City. His mother, ...

* ''

The Second Generation ''The Second Generation'' is a collection of five novellas in the fantasy genre by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It is part of the Dragonlance series. Plot introduction This book is in fact five novellas by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Th ...

'', 1994 collection of five fantasy novellas by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman * ''Second Generation'' (film), 2003 British television drama * ''Second Generation'' (advertisement), 2006 television ad for Nike * '' Second Generation of Postwar Writers'' in Japanese literature * ''Second Generation'' (2003), a British TV serial that was aired in 2003 * Transformers: Generation 2, toy line which ran from 1992–1995 * In Pokémon, see

List of generation II Pokémon The second generation (Generation II) of the ''Pokémon'' franchise features 100 fictional species of creatures introduced to the core video game series in the 1999 Game Boy Color games ''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'', set in the ...

Science and technology

* 2G, second-generation wireless telephone technology *

Second generation computer A transistor computer, now often called a second-generation computer, is a computer which uses discrete transistors instead of vacuum tubes. The first generation of electronic computers used vacuum tubes, which generated large amounts of heat, ...

, a computer constructed using discrete transistors *

Second generation of video game consoles In the history of video games, the second generation era refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1976 to 1992. Notable ''platforms'' of the second generation include the Fairchil ...

(1976–1984), sometimes referred to as the early 8-bit era *

Second Generation Multiplex Plus Second Generation Multiplex Plus (SGM Plus), is a DNA profiling system developed by Applied Biosystems. It is an updated version of Second Generation Multiplex. SGM Plus has been used by the UK National DNA Database since 1998. An SGM Plus profile ...

, DNA profiling system *

Second-generation programming language The label of second-generation programming language (2GL) is a generational way to categorize assembly languages. The term was coined to provide a distinction from higher level machine independent third-generation programming languages (3GLs) (su ...

, a generational way to categorise assembly languages *

Second-generation warfare The concept of four "generations" in the history of modern warfare was created by a team of United States analysts, including William S. Lind, for the purpose of an argument for "the changing face of war" entering into a "fourth generation". T ...

, the tactics of warfare used after the invention of the rifled musket and breech-loading weapons *

Second-generation wavelet transform {{Short description, Type of wavelet transform In signal processing, the second-generation wavelet transform (SGWT) is a wavelet transform where the filters (or even the represented wavelets) are not designed explicitly, but the transform consists o ...

, in signal processing * Transperth Second Generation A-series train; see

Transperth A-series train The A-series trains are a class of electric multiple unit built by Walkers Limited in Maryborough, Queensland for Transperth between 1991 and 1999. When introduced in 1991, the A-series trains became the first electric passenger trains to oper ...

Generation II reactor A generation II reactor is a design classification for a nuclear reactor, and refers to the class of commercial reactors built until the end of the 1990s. Prototypical and older versions of PWR, CANDU, BWR, AGR, RBMK and VVER are among them. ...

, a category of nuclear power reactor that includes many of those still in operation * EPC Gen2, a standard for

Radio-frequency identification Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electromag ...

Sport

* List of second-generation Major League Baseball players * List of second-generation National Basketball Association players * List of second-generation National Football League players

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