Silicon Valley

noun

the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.

Silicon Valley

noun

an industrial strip in W California, extending S of San Francisco, in which the US information technology industry is concentrated
any area in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated

Silicon Valley

A region on the San Francisco Peninsula in California where the miniaturized electronics industry is centered, so called because most of the devices built there are made of semiconductors such as silicon .

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Notes

The term is often used as a catchword to describe the development of high-tech industry (see also high-tech ): “If we can attract this corporation to our town, we could become another Silicon Valley.”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Silicon Valley¹

So called from the silicon wafers employed in semiconductor devices

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Example Sentences

A brilliant Silicon Valley entrepreneur may have found a way to get dark money out of politics without changing any laws.

From The Daily Beast

Greer is a young, entrepreneurial, poker-loving Texan who ended up in Silicon Valley.

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In Silicon Valley proper, that number increases to $108,603, marking a 7.2 percent year-over-year increase.

From The Daily Beast

Normally Democratic Silicon Valley opened up its wallets to the Republicans this time out.

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South of Silicon Valley, an entire town is being deformed, slowly, by plate tectonics.

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He was still wearing the blue blazer and khakis he wore on the days that he was consulting in Silicon Valley.

From Project Gutenberg

The "Silicon Valley" revolution is likely to continue increasing computer capacity on an almost annual basis.

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