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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Iron Age</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="iron.html" title="iron"/><link rel="next" href="iron-box.html" title="iron box"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Iron Age</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="iron.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="iron-box.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Iron-Age"/><dt xmlns="" id="Iron-Age"><b>Iron Age</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> In the history of computing, 1961-1971 — the formative era of
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commercial <a href="../M/mainframe.html"><i class="glossterm">mainframe</i></a> technology, when ferrite-core
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<a href="../D/dinosaur.html"><i class="glossterm">dinosaur</i></a>s ruled the earth. The Iron Age began,
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ironically enough, with the delivery of the first minicomputer (the PDP-1)
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and ended with the introduction of the first commercial microprocessor (the
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Intel 4004) in 1971. See also <a href="../S/Stone-Age.html"><i class="glossterm">Stone Age</i></a>; compare
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<a href="../E/elder-days.html"><i class="glossterm">elder days</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="iron.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../I.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="iron-box.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">iron </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> iron box</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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