chip
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4.1
- noun
- /tʃɪp/
- Specialized
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chip
- You called about a computer chip in a remote-control car?
- computer chips
- silicon chip
- processor chip
And chances are you're going to want this chip in your next device.
- And chances are you're going to want this chip in your next device.
- And let's say you're making computer chips out of chicken feathers.
- Who makes tastier chips, Intel or AMD?
- I think last week, nothing said it'll have a Qualcomm chip and that was it cool.
- We, we can make GPU chips that are much, much more powerful.
- We've closed ISAS chips from Intel and AMD, and chips without IP licence from ARM.
- OK, activate the chip, he said What to the Boy Scouts?
- Now the TIH at the Stellar chip did have some things to help you.
Examples
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So for example, you can place valves on the chip using this tool.
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So yeah, I mean, the small test chips look great.
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We need to put the chip in the center.
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So it looks like maybe that chip was at fault.
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We're just making sure the chips are ready.
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This is a laptop chip too, mostly.
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What this has in here is a little chip and a big aerial.
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And chances are you're going to want this chip in your next device.
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In the future, in the long term, chips will become commoditized.
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This computer uses a powerful chip to run software efficiently.
Synonyms
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3.4
The central chip in a computer that runs instructions and handles data
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3.7
A very small electronic part inside devices like phones or computers that stores and uses information
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4.2
A small electronic chip with many connected parts that works like a complete electronic system
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7.2
A small computer that has all main parts on one chip
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3.7
A small, flat piece of material with tiny electronic parts that makes computers and phones work
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3.6
An electronic part inside a computer that stores data like RAM
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4.4
A small electronic part inside a device that controls its actions and calculations
A small device with many pieces of DNA that tests genes in samples
Idioms
- Informal
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4.4
A person who is very like one of their parents in looks or behaviour
- Informal
Strong anger or hurt about being treated unfairly in the past
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.1
A share of a large, well-known company that is safe and pays steady dividends
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3.7
A small, flat piece of material with tiny electronic parts that makes computers and phones work
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6.1
A short low golf shot that makes the ball run along the ground toward the hole
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4.4
An electronic device put in the brain that records and plays back a person's past events or feelings
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4.4
A small electronic part inside a device that controls its actions and calculations
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A small device with many tiny DNA pieces that tests many genes in a sample
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chip for a computer is a modern use of the old idea 'small piece'; engineers called tiny pieces of silicon microchips, and we now shorten that to chip, which fits because the part is a very small piece that does important work.