to chip

Definition of to chip in English English dictionary: A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles
All Cs, I said. Sounds like they like order..; Often with "in", to ante (up); to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power; A thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable, usually potato
tortilla chips.; A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section, similar to French fries; To play a shot where the ball goes predominately upwards rather than forwards; A token used in place of cash in gambling; A shot where the ball goes more upwards than a regular shot; A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; A damaged area of a surface where a chip has been broken off
This cup has a chip in it.; To fit (an animal) with a microchip; To break small pieces from
Be careful not to chip the paint.; {v} to cut into small pieces, hack, lessen; {n} a piece cut off, a fragment; A male given name; A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon with electronic circuits on it which is part of a computer or other piece of machinery; Also called a die Popular term describing a section of a wafer that contains a discrete component or an integrated circuit Many chips are made on a single wafer, then separated into dice and packaged individually; electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit; To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery; A takeout that hits a rock at an angle; An electronic component consisting of thousands of transistors forming an integrated circuit capable of storing and processing large amounts of information; a building block of the computer's circuitry and computational functioning; A small square of thin semiconductor material, such as silicon, that has been chemically processed to have a specific set of electrical characteristics such as circuits storage, and/or logic elements; If you say that something happens when the chips are down, you mean it happens when a situation gets very difficult. When the chips are down, she's very tough; Commonly used to refer to integrated circuits used as components in computers, telephone systems, etc In actuality, it is the physical structure upon which the integrated circuits are fabricated; If you describe someone as a chip off the old block, you mean that they are just like one of their parents in character or behaviour. Her fifth child was born, a son who Sally at first thought was another chip off the old block; One of the counters used in poker and other games; The individual circuit or component of a silicon wafer The leadless form of an electronic component part, either passive or active, discrete or integrated; An electronic component that contains an electronic circuit and is manufactured from semiconductive material A customized chip is sometimes called an option; A very small square of semi-conducting material Also known as a "die," it is the "active" light-emitting component of an LED; Chips are plastic counters used in gambling to represent money. He put the pile of chips in the center of the table and drew a card; Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal. I had fish and chips in a cafe; the act of chipping something a low running approach shot electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat a piece of dried bovine dung break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"; (1) (n ) A small piece of silicon bearing the equivalent of a large number of electrical components (2) (n ) An integrated circuit (IC); The uncased and normally leadless form of an electronic component part, either passive or active, discrete or integrated Also referred to as a die; Short for integrated circuit chip, a collection of interconnected microminiature electronic components; 1) A slang term with the same meaning as the term IC (a miniature circuit of many components that is in small, sealed housing with prongs to connect it into equipment) 2) The thread cut away from the master lacquer to make the groove, while disc recording; a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat; To become chipped; Also called an "Integrated Circuit" or "IC" It is a tiny semiconductor that consists of interconnected transistors and other components They are constructed on a rectangle cut from a silicon wafer As integrated circuit technology developed, more and more transistors were packed in The ability to create a microprocessor on a single chip allowed for the development of small, inexpensive computers; A dried piece of dung used as fuel; a piece of dried bovine dung; Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; used contemptuously; Silicon chip or intergrated circuit used in a PC and its components A processor is a chip; An alternative name for an integrated circuit; break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"; Chips or potato chips are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack. a package of onion-flavored potato chips; in the context of CDMA is distinct from bit and refers to binary digits transmitted over the RF link The chip rate in IS-95 is 1 2288 MHz (thus allowing adequate guard bands to permit the carriers to be spaced 1 25 MHz apart) Each bit is represented by many chips, and if a majority of the chips get through then the bit can be reconstructed properly The number of chips representing each bit varies depending on the bit rate When using an 8K Vocoder (such as EVRC) there are 128 chips for each bit Chips as such don't contain data because both the sender and receiver know the spreading pattern used to create them from a bit, and as such are not directly subject to the laws of Information Theory Though there are many phones simultaneously using a single frequency to transmit full chiprate, that means that the channel is not saturated unless the bitrate approaches the bandwidth of the carrier; An integrated circuit (e g for use in a payment card); Another term for an integrated circuit, microchip or semiconductor; To break into small pieces; A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument; A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece; If you say that someone has a chip on their shoulder, you think that they feel inferior or that they believe they have been treated unfairly. He had this chip on his shoulder about my mum and dad thinking that they're better than him. To cheep, as a bird.chip n. A trick method of throwing one's opponent in wrestling; Poker chips are small round discs used instead of money at the poker table The ones used at casinos are typically made of clay, while home poker games often substitute cheaper plastic chips Using chips instead of cash has a number of advantages, mostly just that they're easier to count and manipulate Color designations for chips are arbitrary, but many casinos use white for $1 chips, red for $5 chips, green for $25 chips, and black for $100 chips If someone asks for a rack of white, they'd like $100 in $1 chips; A chip is a small piece of something or a small piece which has been broken off something. It contains real chocolate chips Teichler's eyes gleamed like chips of blue glass; a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling; Integrated circuit that carries card intelligence Embedded in the plastic surface of a card and hidden by the communication contacts (1996, Schlumberger); break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"; A tiny circuit board etched on a small square of sandlike material called silicon; A chip is an image subset window and is used in the correlation process; the act of chipping something; a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"; Also called a die Popular term describing a small piece of silicon that contains a complete discrete component or an integrated circuit Many chips are made on a single wafer, then separated into dice (plural of die) and packaged individually; A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit; {f} cut a fragment from, flake; be broken off in small pieces; sculpt, engrave; The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line; form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"; cut a nick into; Integrated circuit that carries card intelligence Embedded in plastic surface of card and hidden by contacts of gold or silver; To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew