noun Electronics.
- chip1(def 5).
noun
- a small piece of semiconductor material carrying many integrated circuits
verb -chips, -chipping or -chipped
- (tr) to implant (an animal) with a microchip tag linked to a national computer network for purposes of identification
n.“integrated circuit,” 1975, from micro- + chip (n.1).
- See integrated circuit.
The basic component of modern miniaturized electronics. The “chip” is a series of electrical circuits built into a tiny wafer of silicon or another semiconductor.