Doping - Simple English Wikipedia

# Doping

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- Doping is either a term to describe drug use (usually illegal), or the process of putting certain types of chemical elements in a semiconductor in order to make their characteristics different.
- In the field of electronics, doping is done to create things that make electricity go in one direction or to make semiconductor switches. This allows for computers to exist. Without doping, you could not read this right now.
- When a element called Boron is added to Silicon, the Boron "dopant" is called an "acceptor" because it likes accepting electrons.
- When a chemical called Phosphorous is added to Silicon, the Phosphorous is called a "donor" because it does not like electrons.
    When the different doped materials are put together they can make switches and other devices

- When referring to everyday drug use, doping can be considered an old term and is not found in common usage. Some would say it is a "50's" term, much like "going steady".
- Doping often refers to Marijuana usage, as a common alternate name for Marijuana is dope.
- Doping can refer to many different types of illegal drug usage.
- The word referring to drug use was probably derived from dope, which means someone who is stupid.

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