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Choose a Page:What is a personal computer?What is the Internet?When was the first computer made?What is a CD-ROM?*What are semi-conductors used for?*What is multimedia?How do computers fly aircraft?What is a silicon chip?How do computers forecast the weather?What is a transistor?What is desktop publishing?What is a smart card?What is virtual reality? What are semi-conductors used for? A semiconductor is a material, such as silicon or germanium, which has the property of conducting electricity under certain conditions. Semiconductors are used to make small electronic components such as transistors and diodes.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Science and Technology Chapter: Electronics and Computers