From Latin 'jungere' (to join), from PIE *yewg- — a point where things meet: roads, railways, or circuits.
A point where two or more things are joined; a place where roads or railway lines meet; the action of joining.
From Latin 'jūnctiōnem' (accusative of 'jūnctiō,' a joining, a uniting), from 'jūnctus,' past participle of 'jungere' (to join, to yoke, to bind together), from PIE *yewg- (to join, to yoke). The PIE root is one of the most productive in the Indo-European family, generating words for joining, yoking, and binding across every branch. Latin 'jungere' also produced 'conjugal' (joined in marriage), 'subjugate' (to yoke under), and 'jugular' (pertaining to the collarbone, the 'yoke-bone'). The Sanskrit
In electronics, a 'junction' is where two types of semiconductor material meet — the fundamental building block of transistors and diodes. The 'p-n junction' (where p-type and n-type silicon join) is the basis of virtually all modern electronics. The Latin word for yoking oxen thus describes the physical interface that makes computers, phones, and the internet possible.
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