What technology replaced the vacuum tube as the mechanism for implementing electronic switches in computer hardware?
A) transistor
B) resistor
C) fully programmable gate array
D) microprocessor

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Transistors replaced vacuum tubes as the mechanism for implementing electronic switches in computer hardware due to their smaller size, lower power consumption, and greater reliability. Resistors and fully programmable gate arrays are not replacements for vacuum tubes in this context. While microprocessors use transistors, they are not a replacement for vacuum tubes specifically as they are a more advanced computing technology.

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