单词 | silicon glen |
释义 | > as lemmasSilicon Glen attributive. Originally U.S. Usually with capital initial. Prefixed to nouns denoting geographical features, to form place names for areas with a high density of industry devoted to information technology, as Silicon Alley, Silicon Glen, Silicon Prairie, etc. [Humorously after Silicon Valley n. at Compounds.] ΚΠ 1976 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 15 Nov. c9/6 Cost is the key to why so much is happening right here in Silicon Gulch. 1979 N.Y. Times 14 Oct. (Job Market section) 6/3 The Dallas-Fort Worth area has grown to rival..the Silicon Valley to the point that some people call it Silicon Prairie. 1981 Economist (Nexis) 15 Aug. 51 Motorola and NEC announced plans to build plants in Scotland's ‘silicon glen’. 1996 Fast Company Oct. 92/1 A renovated warehouse in the heart of Manhattan's Silicon Alley. 2006 Financial Times (Nexis) 9 Jan. 22 IT companies based in Silicon Fen around Cambridge have continued to punch above their weight. < as lemmas |
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