Due to a need for smaller and more powerful computers,the ________ was invented and replaced transistor-based computers by the mid-1960s.
A)keyboard
B)RAM chip
C)vacuum tube
D)integrated circuit

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The invention of the integrated circuit (IC) in the late 1950s and early 1960s allowed for the creation of smaller and more powerful computers by combining multiple transistors and other electronic components onto a single chip. This led to the replacement of transistor-based computers, which were bulkier and less efficient, by the mid-1960s.

Due to a Need for Smaller and More Powerful Computers,the