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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The prediction that the number of transistors that can be placed on an affordable integrated circuit will double during a specific time period, usually said to be every 18 months or every 2 years.

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  • noun computing An empirical observation that the density of transistors on a chip doubles every two years (often misquoted as every 18 months.)

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Gordon Moore, (born 1929), American entrepreneur and developer of microchips who first proposed the principle.]

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