silicon valley

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A nickname originally for the region of San Francisco in which there are a high number of industries producing silicon chips and later extended to mean the entire concentration of high-tech businesses in this area
a part of California in the area between San Francisco and San José, which is a centre of the computer industry. Many important inventions were made in this area, and many large and small companies producing computer software and hardware are based there. It is called Silicon Valley because the computer industry is based on the silicon chip. Industrial strip, west-central California. Located between San Jose and Palo Alto in the San Jose and Santa Clara valleys, its (unofficial) name derives from the extensive use of silicon in the region's electronics industries. The U.S. government invested heavily in the region's industry following World War II, a second economic surge occurred with the proliferation of personal computers in the 1980s, and a third surge followed the growth of the Internet in the 1990s
area south of San Francisco in California where many high-tech companies are situated
a region in California south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries
silicon valley

    Silbentrennung

    si·li·con Val·ley

    Türkische aussprache

    sîlıkın väli

    Aussprache

    /ˈsələkən ˈvalē/ /ˈsɪləkən ˈvæliː/

    Etymologie

    () From "Silicon Valley USA", the title of a series of articles appearing in 1971 in Electronic News by the journalist Don Hoefler, from silicon, the element used by these industries + valley from Santa Clara Valley, the area where many of these industries are located

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