| 单词 | fourth generation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfourth generation fourth generation n. a recognized fourth stage of development of computers and other manufactured products; frequently attributive; cf. generation n. 4c. ΚΠ 1963 Computer Jrnl. 6 153/2 The new fourth-generation computers will be limited mainly by the uncertainty principle associated with any form of wave motion. 1986 G. Johnson Machinery of Mind xii. 230 The fourth generation, which has only just begun, consists of machines made using a technology called VLSI—very large-scale integration. 1989 M. Owen Hang Gliding 64 We were..Mike's first students to use the new gliders, his previous freshers having been taught on the slightly twitchier fourth generation Polaris Deltas. 1991 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) July 56/2 (advt.) Cephalosporin, a fourth-generation antibiotic. 2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 21 Mar. b6/3 The spectrum might help AT&T transition to a fourth-generation of broadband. < as lemmas |
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