glassfet

2 definitions found

glassfet - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  glassfet
  
     /glas'fet/ [Analogy with MOSFET] (or "firebottle") A
     humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

glassfet - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.