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Iron Age: n. In the history of computing, 1961-1971 — the formative era of
commercial mainframe technology, when ferrite-core
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.
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