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tube
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tube, in electronics: see electron tube electron tube, device consisting of a sealed enclosure in which electrons flow between electrodes separated either by a vacuum (in a vacuum tube) or by an ionized gas at low pressure (in a gas tube).
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See CRT and vacuum tube.

1.(hardware)tube - A CRT terminal. Never used in the mainstream sense of TV; real hackers don't watch TV, except for Loony Toons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Trek Classic, the Simpsons, and the occasional cheesy old swashbuckler movie.
2.(electronics)tube - electron tube.
3.(jargon)tube - (IBM) To send a copy of something to someone else's terminal. "Tube me that note."
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7) Placement of an endotracheal tube provides a direct pathway for these organisms to enter the lungs.
Nurses implementation of guidelines for ventilator-associated ... by Broome, Lisa / American Journal of Critical Care
At the time of surgery, an endotracheal tube with incorporated electrodes or a recurrent laryngeal nerve surface electrode plate is placed.
Current technique for resection of mediastinal goiter by Ko, Wilson / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Leaching has also been demonstrated in a study in which endotracheal tubes were found to have 6-12% less (0.
Use of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate--containing medical products and ... by Hu, Howard / Environmental Health Perspectives
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