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1. (n.) Iron Age
the period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, marked by the use of implements and weapons made of iron: in Europe generally regarded as extending from the first millennium b.c. to the early first century a.d. ; the Halstatt and La Tène cultures are representative.
2. Iron Age
(often l.c.) (in Greek and Roman myth) the last and worst of the ages of the human race, characterized by danger, corruption, and toil.
Etymology: (1585–95)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Iron Age
(archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons
2. (noun) iron age
(classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Iron Age
the last of the three stages, stone, bronze, iron, which mark the prehistoric development of most now civilised peoples; these, of course, occurred at different periods, and were of different duration in different cases; they are named from the material employed in making cutting instruments and weapons; the forms of instruments are freer than in the bronze period, and rectilineal gives places to free curvilineal decoration; this age is marked, too, by the introduction of writing and the beginning of literary and historic records. See Ages.
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. Iron Age
In the history of computing, 1961-1971 — the formative era of
commercial mainframe technology, when ferrite-core
dinosaurs ruled the earth. The Iron Age began,
ironically enough, with the delivery of the first minicomputer (the PDP-1)
and ended with the introduction of the first commercial microprocessor (the
Intel 4004) in 1971. See also Stone Age; compare
elder days.
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