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Integrated Circuit

also referred to as IC, another name for a chip. An electronic
device first developed in the 1950s, made from semiconductor material such as
silicon, containing tiny transistors, resistors, diodes, as well as a number of
ever improving and shrinking components. In computer lexicon, it is likely
one is speaking of the microprocessor or the brain of the computer when making
reference to the IC or main integrated circuit. see chip.