Etymograph

English

Silicon Dreams

From silicon + dreams; silicon is a reference to computer chips made by companies like Silicon Graphics.

A compound of silicon + dreams

Latin silex ‘flint, silica’

English silicon

The story

From silicon + dreams; silicon is a reference to computer chips made by companies like Silicon Graphics.

Today it means

noun The simple, surreal, or uncanny 3D computer graphics found in digital art, early animations, and video games from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s.

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