e/Tube socket

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has gloss	eng: Tube sockets were ubiquitous in early electronic equipment to allow vacuum tubes (also known as valves) to be easily removed for testing and replacement because tubes often failed as their filament burned out, cathode exhausted, or suffered other common failures. In the heyday of radio and early television, it was common to find a vacuum tube tester in local drug stores, which also sold replacement tubes.
lexicalization	eng: tube socket
instance of	(noun) electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope electron tube, tube, thermionic tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve

Meaning
French
has gloss	fra: Les supports de tubes étaient présents dans les premiers équipements électroniques pour offrir la possibilité de changer et de tester les tubes électroniques facilement. Les tubes tombaient en panne souvent lorsque le filament « brûlait », mais dautres pannes étaient courantes. À lépoque de l'apogée de la radio des premières télévisions, il était courant de trouver un testeur de tube à vide dans les magasins locaux, qui vendaient aussi des tubes de rechanges.
lexicalization	fra: Support de tube electronique
lexicalization	fra: Support de tube électronique