Re: fabrication of wafer (computer chips) ... "fabrication"?

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:38:55 +0800
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On 6/22/2026 8:29 PM, David Samuel Barr wrote:

> (instead of the correct "converse"). As for
> "fabrication", it basically refers to the
> creation or construction of something, whether
> physical (chips, buildings) or intangible
> (misinformation), though in the latter it has
> [also] taken the form of the noun describing
> the result of the action.

Because of the "root" of the word is "fabric"? "cloth or material" are 
physical, are NOT intangible. They are NOT fairy tale creatures!!

FABRIC in Traditional Chinese - Cambridge Dictionary
<https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/fabric?

cloth or material for making clothes, covering furniture, etc.

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