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Silicon Valley is a not a catch-all term for tech?

• dredmorbius 7mo ago
  Metonym & Toponym <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy>. "Silicon Valley": As more high-tech companies were established across San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley, and then north towards the Bay Area's two other major cities, San Francisco and Oakland, the term "Silicon Valley" came to have two definitions: a narrower geographic one, referring to Santa Clara County and southeastern San Mateo County, and a metonymical definition referring to high-tech businesses in the entire Bay Area.[citation needed] The name also became a global synonym for leading high-tech research and enterprises, and thus inspired similarly named locations, as well as research parks and technology centers with comparable structures all around the world. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley>
  • Jensson 7mo ago
    You know there is a tech industry outside of the bay area?
    • dredmorbius 7mo ago
      The name also became a global synonym for leading high-tech research and enterprises... <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390344> (Emphasis added.)