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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>firebottle</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="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="finn.html" title="finn"/><link rel="next" href="firefighting.html" title="firefighting"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">firebottle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="finn.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="firefighting.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="firebottle"/><dt xmlns="" id="firebottle"><b>firebottle</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.obs.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar
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in 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
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<span class="firstterm">tube</span> in the U.S. or a <span class="firstterm">valve</span> in England; another hackish term is
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