microchip

mi·cro·chip  (mkr-chp)

n.

See chip¹.

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microchip [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌtʃɪp]

n

(Electronics) a small piece of semiconductor material carrying many integrated circuits

vb -chips, -chipping, -chipped

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (tr) to implant (an animal) with a microchip tag linked to a national computer network for purposes of identification

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microchip  (mkr-chp)

See integrated circuit.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

microchip - electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit micro chip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip, chip biochip - a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically DNA chip, gene chip - a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested integrated circuit, microcircuit - a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component memory chip - a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory microprocessor - integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system; "a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive" semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor - a conductor made with semiconducting material

Translations

microchip [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌtʃɪp] N → microchip m

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microchip [ˈmaɪkrəʊtʃɪp]

n → puce f, puce f électronique

modif [maker, designer, plant] → de puces électroniques; [technology] → des puces électroniques

vt (for identification) [+ animal] → pucer

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microchip [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌtʃɪp] n (Elec) → microcircuito integrato, microchip m inv

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microchip → شريحة صغيرة mikročip mikrochip Mikrochip μικροτσίπ microchip mikrosiru puce mikročip microchip マイクロチップ 마이크로칩 microchip mikrobrikke mikroprocesor microchip микросхема mikrochips ไมโครชิฟ mikroçip vi mạch 微芯片