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We need to state clearly what a transistor actually is first!
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The '''transistor''' was invented at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, [[New Jersey]], by scientists William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and John Bardeen from the University of Minnesota.   
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The '''transistor''' is a device used to switch electrical signals on and off, or to amplify them (make them larger).  It was invented at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, [[New Jersey]], by scientists William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and John Bardeen from the University of Minnesota.   
    
==Function==
 
==Function==
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