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What term did Don Hoefler coin?
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Silicon Valley
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Don Hoefler coined the term 'Silicon Valley' in 1971 for a series of articles about the semiconductor industry in the Santa Clara Valley. The name stuck and became the globally recognized term for the region. Compaq was a computer company, Sensex is an Indian stock index, and Java is a programming language - none of which were coined by Hoefler.