Chip : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Chip	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Chip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chip n a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" Synonym(s): bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line a piece of dried bovine dung Synonym(s): chip, cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat Synonym(s): chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something Synonym(s): check, chip a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling Synonym(s): chip, poker chip electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit Synonym(s): chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip (golf) a low running approach shot Synonym(s): chip, chip shot the act of chipping something Synonym(s): chip, chipping, splintering v break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn: chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off] cut a nick into Synonym(s): nick, chip play a chip shot form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone" break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" Synonym(s): chip, knap, cut off, break off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chip \Chip\ (ch[icr]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chipped} (ch[icr]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. 2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery. 3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. {To chip in}, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chip \Chip\, v. i. To break or fly off in small pieces.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chip \Chip\, n. 1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. 2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece. 3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. 4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously. 5. One of the counters used in poker and other games. 6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. {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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
chip {integrated circuit}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CHIP 1. A early system on the {IBM 1103} or 1103A. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-11-15) 2. {Constraint Handling In Prolog}.