Transistor
noun
A tiny electronic device used in many machines and gadgets for controlling the flow of electricity.
The circuit board in your computer has millions of transistors.
Often appears as...
- transistor radio
- transistor amplifier
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Technical
noun
A type of small, portable radio that is powered by batteries.
He listens to music on his vintage transistor radio.
Often appears as...
- transistor radio
- pocket transistor
noun
A tiny electronic device used in many machines and gadgets for controlling the flow of electricity.
The circuit board in your computer has millions of transistors.
Often appears as...
- transistor radio
- transistor amplifier
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of small, portable radio that is powered by batteries.
He listens to music on his vintage transistor radio.
Often appears as...
- transistor radio
- pocket transistor
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Pro Tip 1/3Technological Evolution
Understand that 'transistor' signifies key advancements in electronics and microprocessors.
Thanks to transistors, smartphones are incredibly powerful.
Pro Tip 2/3Foundational Component
Transistors are basic building blocks in circuits, much like bricks in a wall.
The new sensor uses a network of transistors to function.
Pro Tip 3/3Miniaturization
The invention of the transistor allowed devices to become much smaller and portable.
Without transistors, we wouldn't have such compact mobile phones.
Pro Tip 1/3Technological Evolution
Understand that 'transistor' signifies key advancements in electronics and microprocessors.
Thanks to transistors, smartphones are incredibly powerful.
Pro Tip 2/3Foundational Component
Transistors are basic building blocks in circuits, much like bricks in a wall.
The new sensor uses a network of transistors to function.
Pro Tip 3/3Miniaturization
The invention of the transistor allowed devices to become much smaller and portable.
Without transistors, we wouldn't have such compact mobile phones.
Pro Tip 1/3Technological Evolution
Understand that 'transistor' signifies key advancements in electronics and microprocessors.
Thanks to transistors, smartphones are incredibly powerful.
Pro Tip 2/3Foundational Component
Transistors are basic building blocks in circuits, much like bricks in a wall.
The new sensor uses a network of transistors to function.
Pro Tip 3/3Miniaturization
The invention of the transistor allowed devices to become much smaller and portable.
Without transistors, we wouldn't have such compact mobile phones.
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Touching a Meteor PIPE...
completely clay hopeless I mean I remember in the but my biology I was put in the front row hated being in the front row because you know you weren't direct contact with the person who's teaching you and I would have an ear phone in my house have one these first transistors because I burial two transistors sort came out when I was
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Michael Levin: The...
So what we learned to do is to manipulate this electrical gradient, and the important thing is that we don't apply electricity. What we do instead was we turned on and off the little transistors -- they're actual ion channel proteins -- that every cell natively uses to set up this electrical state.
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How transistors work -...
when a voltage exceeding a certain threshold is applied. Otherwise, it remains switched off. In this way, small variations in the input voltage can be used to quickly switch between high and low-output currents. The advantage of the transistor lies in its efficiency and compactness.
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Why we need the...
but to the most distant stars and galaxies. And one of the astonishing predictions of quantum mechanics, just by looking at the structure of atoms -- the same theory that describes transistors -- is that there can be no stars in the universe that have reached the end of their life
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The self-assembling...
using molecular engineering and mimicking nature down at the nanoscale dimensions of our transistors. As I said, the conventional manufacturing takes every tiny feature of the circuit and projects it onto the silicon. But if you look at the structure of an integrated circuit,
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Economics of climate...
developed the transistor the integrated circuit and eventually the Mac and the PC that we all want to buy and that's why we need to say the following we need to stop applauding our politicians for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on ineffective green policies instead
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When ideas have sex PIPE...
the idea of plastic, the idea of a laser, the idea of transistors. They've all been combined together in this technology. And it's this combination, this cumulative technology, that intrigues me, because I think it's the secret to understanding what's happening in the world.
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How computer memory...
Solid-state drives also have an additional weakness. Repeatedly writing to floating gate transistors corrodes them, eventually rendering them useless. With data on most current storage media having less than a ten-year life expectancy,
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The dream we haven't...
our profound potential for being, that the number of transistors on a circuit can be doubled and doubled, but our capacity for compassion and humanity and serenity and love is somehow limited is a false and suffocating choice.
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How do nerves work? -...
detectors of the external and internal world, the transducers that convert information to electrical impulses, the wires that transmit these impulses, the transistors that gate the information and turn up or down the volume-
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Touching a Meteor PIPE...
completely clay hopeless I mean I remember in the but my biology I was put in the front row hated being in the front row because you know you weren't direct contact with the person who's teaching you and I would have an ear phone in my house have one these first transistors because I burial two transistors sort came out when I was
Video examples
Michael Levin: The...
So what we learned to do is to manipulate this electrical gradient, and the important thing is that we don't apply electricity. What we do instead was we turned on and off the little transistors -- they're actual ion channel proteins -- that every cell natively uses to set up this electrical state.
Video examples
How transistors work -...
when a voltage exceeding a certain threshold is applied. Otherwise, it remains switched off. In this way, small variations in the input voltage can be used to quickly switch between high and low-output currents. The advantage of the transistor lies in its efficiency and compactness.
Video examples
Why we need the...
but to the most distant stars and galaxies. And one of the astonishing predictions of quantum mechanics, just by looking at the structure of atoms -- the same theory that describes transistors -- is that there can be no stars in the universe that have reached the end of their life
Video examples
The self-assembling...
using molecular engineering and mimicking nature down at the nanoscale dimensions of our transistors. As I said, the conventional manufacturing takes every tiny feature of the circuit and projects it onto the silicon. But if you look at the structure of an integrated circuit,
Video examples
Economics of climate...
developed the transistor the integrated circuit and eventually the Mac and the PC that we all want to buy and that's why we need to say the following we need to stop applauding our politicians for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on ineffective green policies instead
Video examples
When ideas have sex PIPE...
the idea of plastic, the idea of a laser, the idea of transistors. They've all been combined together in this technology. And it's this combination, this cumulative technology, that intrigues me, because I think it's the secret to understanding what's happening in the world.
Video examples
How computer memory...
Solid-state drives also have an additional weakness. Repeatedly writing to floating gate transistors corrodes them, eventually rendering them useless. With data on most current storage media having less than a ten-year life expectancy,
Video examples
The dream we haven't...
our profound potential for being, that the number of transistors on a circuit can be doubled and doubled, but our capacity for compassion and humanity and serenity and love is somehow limited is a false and suffocating choice.
Video examples
How do nerves work? -...
detectors of the external and internal world, the transducers that convert information to electrical impulses, the wires that transmit these impulses, the transistors that gate the information and turn up or down the volume-
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William Shockley
American Physicist
A basic truth that the history of the creation of the transistor reveals is that the foundations of transistor electronics were created by making errors and following hunches that failed to give what was expected.
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
I have nothing against investment banking, but it's like massaging money rather than creating money. If you're in physics, you create inventions, you create lasers, you create transistors, computers, GPS.
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Robert Palmer
British Musician
My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then 'just one more' until your favourite track comes on.
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Cher
American Musician
I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas.
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Alain Aspect
French Physicist
The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society.
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George Dyson
American Historian
Last time I checked, the digital universe was expanding at the rate of five trillion bits per second in storage and two trillion transistors per second on the processing side.
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Klaus von Klitzing
German Physicist
The discovery of the Quantized Hall Effect (QHE) was the result of systematic measurements on silicon field effect transistors - the most important device in microelectronics.
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Patti LuPone
American Musician
I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach.
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Steve Wozniak
American Businessman
My first transistor radio was the heart of my gadget love today. It fit in my hand and brought me a world of music 24 / 7.
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Ann Makosinski
Canadian Businesswoman
My first toy was a box of transistors.
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William Shockley
American Physicist
A basic truth that the history of the creation of the transistor reveals is that the foundations of transistor electronics were created by making errors and following hunches that failed to give what was expected.
Quote examples
Michio Kaku
American Physicist
I have nothing against investment banking, but it's like massaging money rather than creating money. If you're in physics, you create inventions, you create lasers, you create transistors, computers, GPS.
Quote examples
Robert Palmer
British Musician
My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then 'just one more' until your favourite track comes on.
Quote examples
Cher
American Musician
I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas.
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Alain Aspect
French Physicist
The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society.
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George Dyson
American Historian
Last time I checked, the digital universe was expanding at the rate of five trillion bits per second in storage and two trillion transistors per second on the processing side.
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Klaus von Klitzing
German Physicist
The discovery of the Quantized Hall Effect (QHE) was the result of systematic measurements on silicon field effect transistors - the most important device in microelectronics.
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Patti LuPone
American Musician
I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach.
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Steve Wozniak
American Businessman
My first transistor radio was the heart of my gadget love today. It fit in my hand and brought me a world of music 24 / 7.
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Ann Makosinski
Canadian Businesswoman
My first toy was a box of transistors.
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