Chip





In computing, the term chip has the following meanings:

  1. an integrated circuit
  2. more specifically, a microprocessor

In telecommunications:

  1. in satellite communications systems, the smallest element of data in an
     encoded signal.
  2. The most elemental component of a spread spectrum signal when it is
     decompressed in time; that is, the longest duration signal in which
     signal parameters are approximately constant..
  3. In micrographic and display systems, a relatively small and separate
     piece of microform that contains microimages and coded information for
     search, identification, and retrieval purposes.