Silicon Valley

noun

the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.

Origin of Silicon Valley

So called from the silicon wafers employed in semiconductor devices

Words nearby Silicon Valley

Silicon Glen, siliconized, silicon rectifier, silicon tetrachloride, silicon tetrafluoride, Silicon Valley, silicoproteinosis, silicosiderosis, silicosis, silicotuberculosis, silicula

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British Dictionary definitions for Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley

noun

an industrial strip in W California, extending S of San Francisco, in which the US information technology industry is concentrated

any area in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated

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Cultural definitions for Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley

A region on the San Francisco Peninsula in California where the miniaturized electronics industry is centered, so called because most of the devices built there are made of semiconductors such as silicon.

notes for Silicon Valley

The term is often used as a catchword to describe the development of high-tech industry (see also high-tech): “If we can attract this corporation to our town, we could become another Silicon Valley.”

单词	silicon valley
释义	Silicon Valley noun the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated. Origin of Silicon Valley So called from the silicon wafers employed in semiconductor devices Words nearby Silicon Valley Silicon Glen, siliconized, silicon rectifier, silicon tetrachloride, silicon tetrafluoride, Silicon Valley, silicoproteinosis, silicosiderosis, silicosis, silicotuberculosis, silicula Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Silicon Valley Silicon Valley noun an industrial strip in W California, extending S of San Francisco, in which the US information technology industry is concentrated any area in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Silicon Valley Silicon Valley A region on the San Francisco Peninsula in California where the miniaturized electronics industry is centered, so called because most of the devices built there are made of semiconductors such as silicon. notes for Silicon Valley The term is often used as a catchword to describe the development of high-tech industry (see also high-tech): “If we can attract this corporation to our town, we could become another Silicon Valley.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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