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djmips
on May 13, 2023
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Morris Tanenbaum, inventor of the silicon transist...
You can still walk into a store and buy one transistor but you can't buy one storage bit. Not sure if that is an argument but interesting.
throwaway173738
on May 13, 2023
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A toggle switch is one bit.
irjustin
on May 13, 2023
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A register is one bit as well but you can't buy it in magnetic format
sitzkrieg
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core memory?
smaddox
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Flip flops existed before transistors.
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