Nickname for the group of technology companies that are based in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is a riff on the phrase Silicon Valley. Canals replace the word valley in that phrase because Amsterdam is famous for the canals that around the city.
Example: Silicon Canals is one of the hubs for tech companies in Europe. It's attracting a lot of tech talent and VC funding.
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Date: 09/11/2024
Word: Close It Out
Definition: To mark something as completed.
Example: This task has been fixed, so let's close it out within the task tracker.
"Silicon Canals." Jargonism.com Dictionary, https://jargonism.com/words/1450. Accessed 09/11/2024.