roughly 1958 to 1964
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second generation of computing
Probably the same thing as was used in second generation computers.
There have been supercomputers in all generations of computers. As the definition of supercomputer is simply any computer having at least 10 times the performance of currently available high performance computers, the very fastest computers of any generation are supercomputers. It is usually scientific and cryptographic applications that drive the need for supercomputers.Some examples of supercomputers from various computer generations are:IBM NORC, first generationUNIVAC LARC, second generationIBM 7030 Stretch, second generationCDC 6600, second generationCDC 7600, second generationILLIAC IV, third generationCDC Star-100, third generationCray-1, third generationetc.
The second generation computers were developed to meet the needs of the atomic energy laboratories.
Colossus Mark II, an improvement on Colossus Mark I which was designed to crack the Germans' code during WWII in 1943/1944.