May 15, 2003

glassfet

/glas´fet/ n.

[by analogy with MOSFET, the acronym for Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor] Syn. firebottle, a humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:45 AM

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