Chip
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
chip
n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: {bit}, {chip},
{flake}, {fleck}, {scrap}]
2: a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
3: a piece of dried bovine dung [syn: {chip}, {cow chip}, {cow
dung}, {buffalo chip}]
4: a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: {chip},
{crisp}, {potato chip}, {Saratoga chip}]
5: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken
off of something [syn: {check}, {chip}]
6: a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when
gambling [syn: {chip}, {poker chip}]
7: electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a
silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of
electronic functions in an integrated circuit [syn: {chip},
{microchip}, {micro chip}, {silicon chip}, {microprocessor
chip}]
8: (golf) a low running approach shot [syn: {chip}, {chip shot}]
9: the act of chipping something [syn: {chip}, {chipping},
{splintering}]
v 1: break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn:
{chip}, {chip off}, {come off}, {break away}, {break off}]
2: cut a nick into [syn: {nick}, {chip}]
3: play a chip shot
4: form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"
5: break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a
tooth" [syn: {chip}, {knap}, {cut off}, {break off}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chip \Chip\, n.
1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by
an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
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2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
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3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited
in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
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4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used
contemptuously.
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5. One of the counters used in poker and other games.
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6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log
line.
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{Buffalo chips}. See under {Buffalo}.
{Chip ax}, a small ax for chipping timber into shape.
{Chip bonnet}, {Chip hat}, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip.
See {Chip}, n., 3.
{A chip off the old block}, a child who resembles either of
his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton.
{Potato chips}, {Saratoga chips}, thin slices of raw potato
fried crisp.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chip \Chip\ (ch[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chipped} (ch[i^]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Chipping}.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the
edge, to clip, pare. Cf. {Chop} to cut.]
1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape,
by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. --Shak.
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2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an
eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
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3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
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{To chip in}, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the
risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]
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from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
integrated circuit
chip
silicon chip
<electronics> (IC, or "chip") A microelectronic
{semiconductor} device consisting of many interconnected
transistors and other components. ICs are constructed
("fabricated") on a small rectangle (a "die") cut from a
Silicon (or for special applications, Sapphire) wafer. This
is known as the "substrate". Different areas of the substrate
are "doped" with other elements to make them either "p-type"
or "n-type" and polysilicon or aluminium tracks are etched in
one to three layers deposited over the surface. The die is
then connected into a package using gold wires which are
welded to "pads", usually found around the edge of the die.
Integrated circuits can be classified into analogue, digital
and hybrid (both analogue and digital on the same chip).
Digital integrated circuits can contain anything from one to
millions of {logic gates} - {inverters}, {AND}, {OR}, {NAND}
and {NOR} gates, {flip-flops}, {multiplexors} etc. on a few
square millimeters. The small size of these circuits allows
high speed, low power dissipation, and reduced manufacturing
cost compared with board-level integration.
The first integrated circuits contained only a few
{transistors}. Small Scale Integration ({SSI}) brought
circuits containing transistors numbered in the tens. Later,
Medium Scale Integration ({MSI}) contained hundreds of
transistors. Further development lead to Large Scale
Integration ({LSI}) (thousands), and VLSI (hundreds of
thousands and beyond). In 1986 the first one {megabyte} {RAM}
was introduced which contained more than one million
transistors.
LSI circuits began to be produced in large quantities around
1970 for computer main memories and pocket calculators. For
the first time it became possible to fabricate a {CPU} or even
an entire {microprocesor} on a single integrated circuit. The
most extreme technique is {wafer-scale integration} which uses
whole uncut wafers as components.
[Where and when was the term "chip" introduced?]
(1997-07-03)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
176 Moby Thesaurus words for "chip":
abrade, abrasion, air, bark, bit, blemish, bloody, breach, break,
break in, breakage, bubble, burn, burst, bust, butt, chafe, chaff,
check, cheep, chime in, chip in, chipper, chirm, chirrup, chisel,
chitter, chunk, claw, cleft, clip, clipping, cobweb, collop,
concussion, contribute, cork, counter, crack, crackle, craze,
crumb, cut, cutting, dandruff, dollop, down, dust, end, ether,
exfoliate, fairy, feather, fissure, flake, flash burn, floccule,
flocculus, flock, flue, fluff, foam, fracture, fragment, fray,
frazzle, fret, froth, fuzz, gall, gap, gash, gob, gobbet, gossamer,
hew, hunk, hurt, incise, incision, injure, injury, intercede,
interfere, interpose, interrupt, intrude, lacerate, laceration,
lesion, lump, maim, make mincemeat of, marker, maul, modicum,
moiety, morceau, morsel, mortal wound, mote, mutilate, mutilation,
nip, paring, participate, particle, patch, peep, piece, pierce,
plaque, puncture, rasher, rend, rent, rift, rip, run, rupture,
savage, scald, scale, scoop, scorch, scotch, scrap, scrape,
scratch, scuff, scurf, second-degree burn, shard, shaving, shiver,
shred, skin, slash, slice, slit, sliver, smithereen, snack, snap,
snatch, snick, snip, snippet, sore, splinter, split, sponge,
sprain, spume, stab, stab wound, stick, stitch, strain, straw,
stump, tag, tatter, tear, third-degree burn, thistledown, token,
trauma, traumatize, tweedle, tweet, twitter, whittle, wound,
wounds immedicable, wrench
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