fab

super, génial

Très bon, attirant ou agréable.

En anglais simple : Very good, attractive, or enjoyable.

• Your new shoes look fab.
• We had a fab time at the party.
• What a fab idea!

Synonymes : great, fantastic, fabulous

Contraires : awful

Expressions courantes : fab idea, look fab, fab time

usine de puces

Usine qui fabrique notamment de minuscules composants électroniques utilisés dans les ordinateurs.

En anglais simple : A factory that makes products, especially tiny electronic parts used in computers.

• The company opened a new fab.
• Two fabs will produce the next generation of chips.
• The fab needs cleaner water for wafer production.

Synonymes : factory, fabrication plant

Expressions courantes : chip fab, semiconductor fab, fab capacity

fabriquer

Fabriquer un objet avec des machines, souvent à partir d’un modèle conçu sur ordinateur.

En anglais simple : To make an object with machines, often using a computer design.

• We can fab the part here.
• The machine fabbed a plastic model from the digital design.
• How long does it take to fab a prototype?

Synonymes : fabricate, manufacture, make

Expressions courantes : fab a model, fab a prototype, fab a part