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a region in California south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries

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a high-tech zone in California.

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Silicon Valley is the region of California between San Jose and San Francisco that holds the nation's greatest concentration of electronics firms.

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California's new media industry involved in technology development.

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The geographic center of the computer industry. Includes most of Santa Clara county and part of San Mateo county in California.

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Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high tech businesses in the area. Even though it's not truly a valley, it is a metonym for the high-tech sector generally.

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