Fairchild

Historic aircraft manufacturer

Fairchild is a surname of English origin, historically meaning "beautiful child" or "fair-haired child." It appears in company names—Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering Silicon Valley firm whose alumni founded Intel and other tech companies.

As a given name, Fairchild is rare but occasionally used.

semiconductors

transistor

Semiconductor signal switch

siliconMetalloid in electronics
integrated circuitMiniaturized semiconductor electronics package
ShockleyTransistor co-inventor

Intel · AMD · chip · wafer · fabrication · doping · photolithography · Moore's Law · Silicon Valley · microprocessor

botanical

botanist

One who studies flora

horticultureCultivating plants systematically
tropicalOf hot, humid regions
mangoSouth Asian stone fruit

USDA · Miami · arboretum · cultivar · specimen · exotic plants · agriculture · introduction · accession · germplasm

aviation

A-10

Ground-attack aircraft

ThunderboltHardware data transfer protocol
CornellIvy League institution
trainerOne who conditions others

military · aircraft · manufacturer · warplane · cargo · transport · reconnaissance · Sherman · Merlin · turboprop

surname

family name

Hereditary portion of identity

patronymicName from father's name
lineageDescent from progenitors
ancestryFamily line of descent

genealogy · heritage · English · Scottish · noble birth · Fairbanks · Fairfax · Fairfield · pedigree · bloodline

Family

fair, child, fairer, fairest, fairly, fairness, unfair, unfairly, unfairness

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G