"Moore's law" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|Intel co-founder||||}} Intel co-founder, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Gordon Moore}} Gordon Moore, {{named-after|en|Gordon Moore|occ=Intel co-founder|wplink==}} Named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Moore's law
  1. (computing) An empirical observation that the density of transistors on a chip doubles every two years. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: Moore's Law Derived forms: Eroom's law Translations (empirical observation): 摩爾定律 (Chinese Cantonese), 摩尔定律 (mo¹ ji⁵ ding⁶ leot⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 摩爾定律 (Chinese Mandarin), 摩尔定律 (Mó'ěr dìnglǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), Moore'i seadus (Estonian), Mooren laki (Finnish), loi de Moore [feminine] (French), ムーアの法則 (Mūa no hōsoku) (alt: ムーアのほうそく) (Japanese), Prawo Moore’a [neuter] (Polish)

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