ALL meanings of stone age
stone age
S s - noun stone age the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. 1
- noun Definition of stone age in Technology (jargon) In computer folklore, an ill-defined period from ENIAC (ca. 1943) to the mid-1950s; the great age of electromechanical dinosaurs. Sometimes used for the entire period up to 1960-61 (see Iron Age); however, it is more descriptive to characterise the latter period in terms of a "Bronze Age" era of transistor-logic, pre-ferrite core memory machines with drum or CRT mass storage (as opposed to just mercury delay lines and/or relays). More generally, the term is used pejoratively for ancient hardware or software, even by survivors from the Stone Age. 1
- proper noun stone age The Stone Age is a very early period of human history, when people used tools and weapons made of stone, not metal. 0
- noun stone age a period in human culture identified by the use of stone implements and usually divided into the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic stages 0
- noun stone age (as modifier) 0
- modifier stone age of or relating to this period 0
- noun stone age a period in human culture during which stone implements are used; specif., the time of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods of the Old World 0