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Record 1 2013-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
CONT

The world's most powerful computers of 25 years ago ... can now be contained on a single, silicon silver of less than four cubic centimeters ... All [the] processor componentry has become invisible to the naked eye. The same is true of the monstrous Eniac "computosaur," with its 18 000 tubes and 30 graceless tons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Ordinateur archaïque, c'est-à-dire tout équipement fabriqué depuis plus de 10 ans.

OBS

Mot-valise de «ordinateur» et «dinosaure».

Spanish

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