The second generation is the
generation following the one preceding it.
Second generation, Generation II, or variants may also refer to:
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Second generation immigrant
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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 generatio ...
, one of the second generation of people of Japanese descent in the Americas
* Second generation of Chinese leaders, see
Generations of Chinese leadership
* Second-generation human rights, see
Three generations of human rights
* People whose parents took part in a
Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church
Arts and entertainment
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''Second Generation'' (novel), 1964 novel, by Raymond Williams
* ''Second Generation'', 1978 novel by
Howard Fast
* ''
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
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''Second Generation'' (film), 2003 British television drama
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''Second Generation'' (advertisement), 2006 television ad for Nike
* ''
Second Generation of Postwar Writers'' in Japanese literature
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''Second Generation'' (2003), a British TV serial that was aired in 2003
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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, ''Pokémon'' franchise features 100 fictional species of creatures introduced to the Pokémon (video game series), core video game series in the 1999 Game Boy Color games Pokémon ...
Science and technology
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2G, second-generation wireless telephone technology
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Second generation computer, a computer constructed using discrete transistors
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Second generation of video game consoles (1976–1984), sometimes referred to as the early 8-bit era
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Second Generation Multiplex Plus, DNA profiling system
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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
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Second-generation warfare, the tactics of warfare used after the invention of the rifled musket and breech-loading weapons
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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 consist ...
, 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 opera ...
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Generation II reactor, 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 electrom ...
Sport
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List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
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List of second-generation National Basketball Association players
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List of second-generation National Football League players
See also
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Generation (disambiguation)
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First generation (disambiguation)
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Third generation (disambiguation)
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