state of the art

Definitions

Computing

  • adjective
    (written as state-of-the-art)
    very modern or technically as advanced as possible

Electronics

  • (written as state-of-the-art)
    Consisting of, or incorporating the latest

    technology

    in its field. What the term entails at a given time is usually not the same at a later time. For example, some time back an

    8

    MHz

    CPU

    was considered state-of-the-art, while currently an 8 GHz CPU is more like it. The term is frequently utilized to hype components, devices,

    equipment

    , systems, software, materials, and so on.

Idiom

  • up to date; at the current level or stage of development
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