post-transistor

adjective

belonging to the time (late 1960s) after individual transistors were replaced by integrated circuits

“the International Business Machines 360 series, which emerged in the late nineteen‐sixties as a major post-transistor family of general purpose computers.”

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Meanings

adjectivepost-transistor (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecontextbusinessbelonging to the time (late 1960s) after individual transistors were replaced by integrated circuits

    the International Business Machines 360 series, which emerged in the late nineteen‐sixties as a major post-transistor family of general purpose computers.

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    during the genesis of solid-state electronics and the post-transistor era of integrated circuits for telecommunications, computers, and digital signal machines

Origin

From post- + transistor.

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APA

post-transistor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-transistor

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“post-transistor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-transistor. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post-transistor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-transistor.

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