Transistor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Transistor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Transistor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transistor n a semiconductor device capable of amplification [syn: transistor, junction transistor, electronic transistor]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
transistor 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 circuit}s such as {logic gate}s, {microprocessor}s and memory. (1995-10-05)