(idea) by Jargon Thu Jul 19 2001 at 15:57:23
signal-to-noise ratio = S = silly walk

silicon n.

Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare iron). Contrasted with software. See also sandbender.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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