# Second generation

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**Second generation** or variants may refer to:

- [Second generation immigrant](/source/Second_generation_immigrant) - [Nisei](/source/Nisei), one of the second generation of people of Japanese descent in the Americas
- Second generation of Chinese leaders, see [Generations of Chinese leadership](/source/Generations_of_Chinese_leadership)
- Second-generation human rights, see [Three generations of human rights](/source/Three_generations_of_human_rights)
- People whose parents took part in a [Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church](/source/Blessing_ceremony_of_the_Unification_Church)

## Arts and entertainment

- [*Second Generation* (novel)](/source/Second_Generation_(novel)), 1964 novel, by Raymond Williams
- *Second Generation*, 1978 novel by [Howard Fast](/source/Howard_Fast)
- *[The Second Generation](/source/The_Second_Generation)*, 1994 collection of five fantasy novellas by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- [*Second Generation* (film)](/source/Second_Generation_(film)), 2003 British television drama
- [*Second Generation* (advertisement)](/source/Second_Generation_(advertisement)), 2006 television ad for Nike
- *[Second Generation of Postwar Writers](/source/Second_Generation_of_Postwar_Writers)* in Japanese literature
- [Transformers: Generation 2](/source/Transformers:_Generation_2), toy line which ran from 1992–1995
- In Pokémon, see [List of generation II Pokémon](/source/List_of_generation_II_Pok%C3%A9mon)

## Science and technology

- [2G](/source/2G), second-generation wireless telephone technology
- [List of second-generation mathematicians](/source/List_of_second-generation_mathematicians)
- [List of second-generation physicists](/source/List_of_second-generation_physicists)
- [Second generation computer](/source/Second_generation_computer), a computer constructed using discrete transistors
- [Second generation of video game consoles](/source/Second_generation_of_video_game_consoles) (1976–1984), sometimes referred to as the early 8-bit era
- [Second Generation Multiplex Plus](/source/Second_Generation_Multiplex_Plus), DNA profiling system
- [Second-generation programming language](/source/Second-generation_programming_language), a generational way to categorise assembly languages
- [Second-generation warfare](/source/Second-generation_warfare), the tactics of warfare used after the invention of the rifled musket and breech-loading weapons
- [Second-generation wavelet transform](/source/Second-generation_wavelet_transform), in signal processing
- Transperth Second Generation A-series train; see [Transperth A-series train](/source/Transperth_A-series_train)
- [Generation II reactor](/source/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](/source/Radio-frequency_identification#EPC_Gen2)

## Sport

- [List of second-generation Major League Baseball players](/source/List_of_second-generation_Major_League_Baseball_players)
- [List of second-generation National Basketball Association players](/source/List_of_second-generation_National_Basketball_Association_players)
- [List of second-generation National Football League players](/source/List_of_second-generation_National_Football_League_players)
- [Generation 2 (NASCAR)](/source/Generation_2_(NASCAR)), generation of cars 1967–1980

## See also

- [Generation (disambiguation)](/source/Generation_(disambiguation))
- [First generation (disambiguation)](/source/First_generation_(disambiguation))
- [Third generation (disambiguation)](/source/Third_generation_(disambiguation))
- [Mark II (disambiguation)](/source/Mark_II_(disambiguation))

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