| A | B |
| Conductor | capable of passing electrical current |
| semiconductor | conducts electricity only under certain conditions |
| source | where electrons enter the transistor |
| gate | controls flow of electrons |
| drain | where electrons exit the transistor |
| silicon | base material used in chips |
| DIP | Dual In-Line Package |
| Wafer | thin slice from a silicon crystal |
| streets | name for thin vertical and horizontal lines between chips on a wafer before wafer is cut |
| motherboard | main printed circuit board of a computer |