Second generation

The second generation is the generation following the one preceding it.

Second generation, Generation II, Gen 2 or Gen II or variants may also 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
 * 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
 * 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

Sport

 * List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
 * List of second-generation National Basketball Association players
 * List of second-generation National Football League players
 * Generation 2 (NASCAR), generation of cars 1967–1980