2014-04-26 14:52:28 +00:00
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firebottle
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2014-04-26 15:54:15 +00:00
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n.obs. A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar in
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function to a FET but constructed out of glass, metal, and vacuum.
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Characterized by high cost, low density, low reliability, high-temperature
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operation, and high power dissipation. Sometimes mistakenly called a tube in
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the U.S. or a valve in England; another hackish term is glassfet.
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