| A | B |
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| Transistors | used as amplifien or as switches |
| Integrated circuits | contain many electronic compo¬nents |
| computer | an electronic device that performs tasks by processing and storing information |
| microprocessor | contains many of a computer's capabilities on a single silicon chip |
| hardware | the parts or equipment that make up a computer |
| software | set of instructions that tells a computer what to do |
| Internet | network of millions of computers that share information with each another |
| first computers | very large and could not perform many tasks |
| n-type and p-type | two types of semiconductors can be sandwiched together to produce diodes and transistors |
