Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/tʃip/

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Translation

chip (microchip)

Word origin

Borrowed from English 'chip' in its electronics sense, itself from a general Germanic word for a small fragment cut from a larger piece.

Origin
English
Root
chip
English cognates
chip

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralchips

Examples

.

The phone has a very powerful chip.

.

They had to change the chip on the card.

.

This chip controls all the memory of the computer.

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Do you know how much information a single chip stores?

miles .

The factory produces thousands of chips every day.

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This word is part of lesson 60.