transistor
<electronics> A three terminal semiconductor amplifying device, the
fundamental component of most active electronic circuits, including digital
electronics. The transistor was invented on 1947-12-23 at Bell Labs.
There are two kinds, the bipolar transistor (also called the junction
transistor), and the field effect transistor (FET).
Transistors and other components are interconnected to make complex integrated
circuits such as logic gates, microprocessors and memory.
(1995-10-05)
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