frontage

n 1: the extent of the front of shop or plot of land (as along a

street or river etc)

2: the face or front of a building [syn: {facade}]

Iron Age

In the history of computing, 1961-1971 - the

formative era of commercial {mainframe} technology, when

{ferrite core memory} {dinosaurs} ruled the earth. The Iron

Age began, ironically enough, with the delivery of the first

{minicomputer} (the PDP-1) and ended with the introduction of

the first commercial microprocessor (the Intel 4004) in 1971.

See also {Stone Age}; compare {elder days}.

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(1997-02-19)