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• glassfet /glas'fet/ n. [by analogy with MOSFET, the acronym for `Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor'] Syn.
  firebottle, a humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube....
• firebottle: n. A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out of glass, metal, and vacuum.
  Characterized by high cost, low density, low reliability, high-temperature operation, and high power dissipation....
• firebottle n.obs. A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out of glass, metal, and vacuum.
  Characterized by high cost, low density, low reliability, high-temperature operation, and high power dissipation....
• heavy metal: [Cambridge] n. Syn. {big iron}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• etsplit: n. Syn. {netburp}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• kulker: n. Syn. {prowler}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• imes-or-divided-by: [by analogy with `plus-or-minus'] quant.
  Term occasionally used when describing the uncertainty associated with a scheduling estimate, for either humorous or brutally honest effect....
• glass tty: /glas T-T-Y/ or /glas ti'tee/ n. A terminal that has a display screen but which
  because of hardware or software limitations, behaves like a teletype or some other printing terminal, thereby combining the disadvantages of both...
• armor-plated: n. Syn. for {bulletproof}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary