<history> 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.
[Jargon File]
(2003-09-27)
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