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Originally Posted by jewels443
I always thought the old radios and appliances manufactured prior to 1970 or so were Solid State; always thought it was some old fuse "thing". Never knew what it meant, so it would be greatly appreciated if someone could translate this into layman's terms.  |
They were solid state. The term 'solid state' refers to a device built exclusively using transistors (hence the other name for those old radios, 'transistor radios'). Thus, the old radios and other electronics were solid state because they didn't use vacuum tubes, and a solid state drive is solid state because it does away with discs and platters and such. In both cases any moving parts are done away with, which leads to smaller and more reliable devices. The downside, particularly when it comes to storage media, is the cost; time will tell if Moore's law can ameliorate that sufficiently to make it a viable alternative to traditional magnetic and optical media. My bet would be yes.
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