Definitions
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- noun
integrated circuit ;microprocessor . - verb transitive To fit (an
animal ) with a microchip.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
Etymologies
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Examples
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I recognize that the microchip is an act of love, a response to a changed society, a harsh reality we have to live with.
Lassie: Latest news 2005
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I recognize that the microchip is an act of love, a response to a changed society, a harsh reality we have to live with.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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Or maybe Jack can pry a microchip from the still-warm corpse.
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Or maybe Jack can pry a microchip from the still-warm corpse.
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The microchip is a tiny chip that holds information about your pet.
Hints From Heloise washingtonpost.com 2010
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She was particularly influenced by the idea of what Intel Corp. chairman Andrew Grove calls "knowledge turns" — breakthroughs that have led to annual advances in microchip technology and an ongoing revolution in the performance of products like personal computers.
A New Rx for Medicine Ron Winslow 2010
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Computer screens looking like computer codes resulting from "software originally developed for finding flaws in microchip circuitry."
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The microchip is placed in your animal as if it were receiving a shot.
Hints From Heloise washingtonpost.com 2010
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The microchip is scheduled to be retired next year, to be replaced with the trusty vacuum tube.
All those clients who can read latin?!?! drewan 2003
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Advances in microchip development are no longer confined to a single laboratory, much less a single country but are spread throughout the entire scientific community.
Viewing Ourselves in a World Perspective? The Key to Succeeding in the 1990s 1991
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