Second generation or variants may refer to: *

Second generation immigrant The second (symbol: s) is a unit of Time in physics, time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the Internati ...

Nisei is a Japanese language, Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the nikkeijin, ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants, or . The , or Second generation imm ...

, 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 theori ...

* People whose parents took part in a

Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church The Holy Marriage Blessing Ceremony (축복결혼식), often abbreviated to Blessing, is a large-scale wedding, or a marriage rededication ceremony, sponsored by the Unification Church. It is given to married or engaged couples. Through it, membe ...

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'', 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 * Transformers: Generation 2, toy line which ran from 1992–1995 * In Pokémon, see List of generation II Pokémon

Science and technology

* 2G, second-generation wireless telephone technology *

List of second-generation mathematicians Math ability is passed from parent to child with the most famous example being the Bernoulli family. This List of second-generation physicists, second generation phenomenon also holds in physics but in that field the Nobel Prize in Physics giv ...

* List of second-generation physicists *

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, w ...

, 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 game console, handheld video game consoles available from 1976 to 1992. Notable Video game#Platform, platforms of the ...

(1976–1984), sometimes referred to as the early 8-bit era * Second Generation Multiplex Plus, DNA profiling system *

Second-generation programming language The label of second-generation programming language (2GL) is a generational way to categorize assembly languages. They belong to the low-level programming languages. The term was coined to provide a distinction from higher level machine independ ...

, a generational way to categorise assembly languages *

Second-generation warfare In military history, the term "generations of warfare" refers to the concept of five "Generation, generations" in War, warfare, with each generation having different Military tactics, tactics, Military strategy, strategies, and Military technolo ...

, 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 filter (signal processing), filters (or even the represented wavelets) are not designed explicitly, ...

, 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 Train Operations, Transperth between 1991 and 1999. When introduced in 1991, the A-series trains became the first elect ...

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 Automatic identification system, identify and Tracking system, track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, ...

Sport

List of second-generation Major League Baseball players Dozens of father-and-son combinations have played or managed in Major League Baseball (MLB). The first was Jack Doscher, son of Herm Doscher, who made his debut in 1903. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father-and-son duo t ...

List of second-generation National Basketball Association players The following is a list of father-and-son combinations who have played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes players who played for the Basketball Association of America (BAA) before it was renamed NBA in 1949, as well as ...

List of second-generation National Football League players The following is a partial list of National Football League players whose fathers also played professional football in the NFL or any league that merged with it. The list includes the son's name and position and the father's name and position. ...

* Generation 2 (NASCAR), generation of cars 1967–1980

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