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chunk

chunk

24 5.1
A piece of a file used when storing or sending information on a computer
  • noun
  • /tʃʌŋk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bloque
  • And you can do it in chunks.
  • a chunk of content
  • stream chunks
  • first chunk

So this is good because this means I can now tell scanf here is an actual chunk of memory.

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Examples

  • The software processes data in chunks, improving the efficiency of information handling.

  • I want the actual chunk, original chunk, not the hash.

  • But so this whole chunk of memory will have the name courses.

  • What I'm hoping is that you can all read the first chunk.

  • And the three different lines that you see are actually chunks of data that you can collect.

  • Now, RAM is accessed in pages or chunks of memory that are read and written as a whole.

  • In the initialization phase, we consider only the first chunk of the streamline stream.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The data folder contains the actual chunks of audio (recordings of your voice and pieces of music).

    Academic text (2013)
  • But what we can do, to the best of our ability, is reconstruct a big chunk of it out of the digital footprints you've left behind.

  • We considered the data of the ten subjects as sequential flux and subdivided it into chunks of 10,000 streamlines.

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

piece
vschunk
1.0

A part broken or cut from something larger, like a bit of fruit

is a designed fixed-size unit used specifically for digital storage and streaming
block
vschunk
340 1.0

A solid piece of material used for building or play

is a fixed-size digital data unit for storage, processing, transmission, and streaming

Antonyms

1.0

Complete and not broken or divided

How Large

file
1.0
chunk
  • Specialized
24 5.1
byte
  • Specialized
23 3.6
bit
  • Specialized
106 4.4

Surface Forms

chunk singular
chunks plural

Etymology

Chunk in computers is like cutting a loaf into 'pieces'; the same old idea of a 'thick lump' became a 'piece', so a digital chunk is a fixed 'piece' or 'block' of data used to store or send information.