Second generation explained

Second generation or variants may refer to:

Second generation immigrant
- Nisei, 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

Second Generation (novel), 1964 novel, by Raymond Williams
Second Generation, 1978 novel by Howard Fast
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
, toy line which ran from 1992–1995
In Pokémon, see List of generation II Pokémon

2G, second-generation wireless telephone technology
Second generation computer, a computer constructed using discrete transistors
Second generation of video game consoles (1976–1984), sometimes referred to as the early 8-bit era
Second Generation Multiplex Plus, DNA profiling system
Second-generation programming language, a generational way to categorise assembly languages
Second-generation warfare, the tactics of warfare used after the invention of the rifled musket and breech-loading weapons
Second-generation wavelet transform, in signal processing
Transperth Second Generation A-series train; see Transperth A-series train
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