Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley
A nickname originally for the region of San Francisco in which there are a high number of industries producing silicon chips and later extended to mean the entire concentration of high-tech businesses in this area.

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  • Silicon Valley — [ˌsɪlɪkn̩ ˈvæli] (engl. für Silicium Tal) ist der südliche Teil der Metropolregion um die San Francisco Bay Area. Es umfasst das Santa Clara Valley und die südliche Hälfte der Halbinsel von San Francisco und reicht von San Mateo bis nach San José …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Silicon Valley — ˌSilicon ˈValley noun COMPUTING the area of California between San Francisco and San Jose, which is known as a centre of the computer industry * * * Silicon Valley UK US noun [U] INFORMAL IT ► the area in California where there are a lot of… …   Financial and business terms

  • Silicon Valley — Silicon Val|ley a part of California in the area between San Francisco and San José, which is a centre of the computer industry. Many important inventions were made in this area, and many large and small companies producing computer ↑software and …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Silicon Valley — o Valle del Silicio es el nombre de la zona sur del área de la Bahía de San Francisco, en California del norte, USA. Comprende Santa Clara Valley y la mitad sur de la Península de San Francisco, abarca aproximadamente desde Menlo Park hasta San… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Silicon Valley — ☆ Silicon Valley [after the principal material used for electronic chips] name for a valley in California, southeast of San Francisco, a center of high technology activities, esp. those involving microelectronics …   English World dictionary

  • Silicon Valley — zone californienne, au S. de San Francisco, où abondent des entreprises d électronique et d informatique (utilisant le silicium) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Silicon Valley — an area in California, where many computer companies have their offices …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Silicon Valley — For the valley nicknamed Silicone Valley see San Fernando Valley.Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. The term originally referred to the region s large number of silicon chip… …   Wikipedia

  • Silicon Valley — 37° 22′ N 122° 02′ W / 37.37, 122.04 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Silicon Valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated. [so called from the silicon wafers… …   Universalium

  • Silicon Valley — Vista panorámica de Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley o Valle del Silicio[1] [2] es el nombre de la zona sur del áre …   Wikipedia Español

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