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In the context of a computer, a transistor is kind of switch which is controlled by an electric voltage. The right voltage turns the switch on and another voltage turns the switch off. Multiple transistors are wired together (inside integrated circuit chips) to form an electric circuit which can save and remember a "bit", which is the smallest amount of information.
Transistors are parts in a computer that can be as small as three atoms, one in the middle that has a full ring of valence electrons and the other two on the outside as little as possible, this means that the outside atoms suck in electricity (electrons) and the inside one can stop it, but when you put power into the center one it basically opens a valve. Because it, unlike a valve, can only be turned off and on it has not kinda on. This means that it can be made into 0's and 1's or binary code. Binary code can create patterns of 8 to represent a letter or number such as 01001010 and then it can be used to do things like place a point on a graph to put a specific color to create text and such.
Transistors have evolved from the original vaccum tubes, to silicon transistors like we see today. Intel first invented the microprocessor made with silicon, the microprocessor is getting more efficient, smaller, and more powerful. 5 Years ago a regular size for a transistor was 90nm currently, intel sells 22nm. Other technologies are being looked into for the next microprocessor, chief among them is the graphene processor. These, although on paper, are amazing processors are actually quite useless currently. They are less stable although some may exceed speeds of 500 ghz and they do not use binary code because it is not as simple as on off. Currently they can't be programmed with because of this. They have instead of zeros and ones codes that look more like 0.2,0.1435,0.987423 and such. There are many other technologies such as germs, for storage and processing although very few show as much promise as graphene and silicon.
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Which device revolutionized the computer industry?
The transistor.
What protects a computer from electrostatic discharge?
A transistor
How safe your computer from virus?
Enable firewall Enable anti-virus program on computer
What is the relation between the processing speed of a computer and transistor?
nothing...
What is a topic related to computer technology?
Nano-scale transistor design.
What has the author E Wolfendale written?
E. Wolfendale has written: 'Computer-aided design of electronic circuits' -- subject- s -: Computer-aided design, Data processing, Electronic circuit design, Electronic digital computers 'The transistor' 'Transistor circuit design and analysis' -- subject- s -: Transistor circuits 'Computer-aided design techniques' -- subject- s -: Electronic data processing Electronic circuit design 'Transistor bias tables'
What are you need for second generation computer science?
in second generation of computer transistor were used transistor are used instead of vaccum tube are used in first generation high level langauges such as gobsl, fortran are used
Where did the first transistor computer come from?
bell labs built one out of early point contact transistors in 1948 before the invention of the junction transistor.
How do you know what to enable and disable on your computer?
Disabling stuff on your computer may be dangerous and could create problems. However, enabling may slow down your computer. There are many enable / disable you can do on a computer, for example; start up programs, effects, services and more. The best thing is to google what you want to enable / disable on your computer. There are many tweak programs out there which tell you what the option is for and if to enable / disable it.
What invention made it possible to store memory on small computer chip?
Transistor.
Was the z1 computer invented before the transistor?
Yes. Konrad Zuse built the entirely mechanical Z1 prototype computer in his parent's bedroom before WW2. The transistor was not invented until 1948, roughly a decade later.
What has the author Paul W Ross written?
Paul W. Ross has written: 'Using Enable/OA' -- subject(s): Enable (Computer file), Microcomputers, Programming 'Using Enable' -- subject(s): Enable (Computer file), Microcomputers, Programming
