MOORE'S LAW
\mˈʊ͡əz lˈɔː], \mˈʊəz lˈɔː], \m_ˈʊə_z l_ˈɔː]\
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Stated by Gordon Moore, a co-founder of computer chip maker Intel and its former chairman in 1965. Moore predicted that the transistor total on a given-sized silicon chip will double every 18 months. Proving to be amazingly accurate over the years, it also speaks to the same growth in processing power.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).