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Silicon Fen

British

noun

an area of Cambridgeshire, esp around the city of Cambridge, in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated

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But that was long before the concept of Silicon Fen emerged from the concentration of clever people who clustered inside Cambridge University's laboratories.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2013

A number have sprung up in "Silicon Fen" around Cambridge University, Autonomy among them.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2011

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