[] an area in California where there are many computer and high technology companies 硅谷；矽谷ⓘ Silicon Valley is often used to refer to other similar areas or to the computer and electronics industries in general. Silicon … is also often used in a similar way, especially in newspapers 硅谷常被用来指其他类似领域或泛指计算机及电子产业。Silicon … 的类似用法尤出现於报章中◆Silicon Fen (an area in the UK around Cambridge) 硅沼泽（位於英国剑桥附近）