Originally Posted By: grelber
According to numerous sources, transistor is defined as:
A semiconductor device with three connections, capable of amplification in addition to rectification.

"capable of amplification"

And are these single-atom jobbers capable of amplification? (in the linear/analog sense).

I think (i'm guessing) that they are switch-only... and their application will be strictly digital.

But it's not important. I would just prefer a different semantic.